"The Summer of My Disenchantment: I am ready to throw in the towel and admit defeat. The drug companies have won. They've suceeded in dominating the debate about which medicine to use for what and when. Professional judgement and experience, and scientific evidence have failed to check their promotional assaults. They've won the battle, and maybe the war. "
Why? Who? How?
Read it and weep!
Insider is a huge fan of Medpundit. Look at what Pfizer (and the others) have done to her spirit!
He will neither forgive or forget.
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I appended this comment to the great MedPundit rant.
It fits here too:
Great rant, Sydney!
For more on how pharma (and probably other) companies may manipulate clinical research and clinical research literature, see some posts on Health Care Renewal:
http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2005/05/medical-journal-are-extension-of.html/
http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubling-study-of-contracts-between.html/
http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2005/11/muraglitazar-case-new-window-on.html/
http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2006/08/stealth-marketing-of-neurontin.html/
We physicians have got to start resisting this stuff!
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