Drug companies hype the prevalence and seriousness of illnesses to market a new drug, a leading pharmaceutical executive has admitted.
Drug giant Eli Lilly has been accused of sending out free samples of the antidepressant Prozac (fluoxetine) through the post to former patients,
Anyone who thought that the ‘gifts’ from pharmaceutical companies to doctors was a thing of the past needs to think again.
Two lawsuits have been filed, in California and New Jersey, asserting that Novartis, the makers of Ritalin, and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) conspired to create a market for the comp ...
In 1994, at the age of 17, I took a course of isotretinoin (Roaccutane) for mild acne, a decision I have regretted ever since.
