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Keyword: pharmcompanies

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  • A prescription for snooping

    12/13/2009 12:37:45 PM PST · by thecodont · 10 replies · 539+ views
    Los Angeles Times / latimes.com ^ | December 14, 2009 | By Andrew Zajac
    Reporting from Washington - When your doctor writes you a prescription, that's just between you, your doctor and maybe your health insurance company -- right? Wrong. As things stand now, the pharmaceutical companies that make those prescription drugs are looking over the doctor's shoulder to keep track of how many prescriptions for each drug the physician is writing. By obtaining data from pharmacies and health insurers, the drug companies learn the prescribing habits of thousands of doctors. That information has become not just a powerful sales and marketing tool for the pharmaceutical industry but also a source of growing concern...
  • DOD May Restart Anthrax Shots

    12/16/2004 8:37:29 AM PST · by joesnuffy · 2 replies · 268+ views
    Military Dot Com ^ | Dec. 16. '04 | UPI
    DoD May Restart Anthrax Shots United Press International December 16, 2004 WASHINGTON - Several months after a federal court ruled against the Department of Defense's mandatory anthrax vaccination program, the DOD has requested an emergency ruling so it can continue to give the controversial vaccine to soldiers. The authorization request was made in a letter from Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz to outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson. "I have determined there is a significant potential for a military emergency involving a heightened risk to the United States military forces of an attack with anthrax," said Wolfowitz...