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Bayer sued for false prostate cancer prevention claims in its multi-vitamins
Lawsuit charges that not only does selenium NOT prevent prostate cancer as Bayer claims, but it may indeed increase risk of diabetes and other health problems. Continue reading →
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Drug watchdog seeks tattle-tales to bust bad ads
Now physicians can report misleading drug promotions that flog a drug's benefits - but no risk information - in Big Pharma advertising and presentations. Continue reading →
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How to tell if ads are true – courtesy of Wikipedia!
Drug advertising can sound pretty convincing - especially when the ad copy contains lots of research references noted by those little blue numbers in brackets . . . Continue reading →
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Take statin drugs “when diet and exercise are not enough”
This Italian ad by drug giant Novartis implies that fat patients who don't want to exercise or give up all that luscious Italian food can just pop the statin pill Fluvastatina instead. Continue reading →
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“I’m not a real doctor – but I play one on drug ads”
In 1990, the New England Journal of Medicine decided not to accept any articles or editorials from physicians who accept money from a company whose product was featured in the article, but in 2002 the...
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