The Sackler family empire comprises Purdue in America, Napp in Britain, and Mundipharma in Europe and Australasia. The companies have helped amass a Ā£10 billion fortune, protected, in part, by the tax haven of Bermuda.
The Evening Standard in the UK released a report detailing that while their opioid...
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New study reveals significant rejuvenating health benefits to fasting 58 hours or more by humans
A new study has revealed 30 previously undiscovered metabolic markers that were found to increase in the blood after a period of fasting. The new study by a team of Japanese researchers has offered an incredibly thorough examination into the metabolic alterations that occur in human blood during fasting, revealing a fascinating...
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Pasadena Pharmacy Owner who stole $1.3 Million Dollars in Medicare Fraud awaits Sentencing
The pharmaceutical industry in Pasadena is much like the rest of the United States. There are certainly an influx of individuals who receive Medicare using these services for particular ailments and diseases that accompany being older than 65 years old. However, a local Pasadena pharmacy, Akhtamar Pharmacy, was abusing the Medicare funds...
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Appeals Court rules that Purdue Pharma’s explosive documents on marketing of OxyContin must be released
An appeals court has upheld a ruling ordering the release of previously records revealing Purdue Pharma's marketing schemes for the potently addictive prescription opioid OxyContin. This drug is claimed to have ignited the opioid addiction epidemic which has lead to so many deaths. The records include a deposition of Richard Sackler, a...
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Criticismfor Food and Drug Administration’s approval of new painkiller Dsuvia, 1,000 stronger than morphine
The Food and Drug Administration has come under harsh criticism for approving a painkiller called Dsuvia which is 1,000 times stronger than morphine. FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, addressed the timing in a statement released late last week. "The crisis of opioid addiction is an issue of...
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Emergency room patients given ketamine and antispychotic drugs without their knowledge or consent.
According to an article in STAT https://www.statnews.com/2018/10/29/er-patients-given-ketamine-powerful-drugs-without-consent/?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=56d4d18dfb-Daily_Recap&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-56d4d18dfb-118516237, a Minnesota hospital tested powerful antipsychotics andĀ potent anesthetic on emergency room patients without their knowledge or consent. This is a violation of law say federal inspectors have determined.
According to FDA inspectors, the hospital's Institutional Review Board...
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Abbott Labs and Abbvie Inc. pay $25 million to settle with Government on allegations of kickbacks and off label marketing of TriCor
Pharmaceutical companies Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie Inc. (āAbbottā) will pay $25 million to settle federal allegations that it paid kickbacks and unlawfully marketed and promotedĀ the drug TriCorĀ® for: (1) use in treating, preventing, or reducing cardiovascular events and other cardiac health risk; (2) use in combination with statin drugs, and (3) use...
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FDA okays new drug to treat influenza
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) for the treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza (flu) in patients 12 years of age and older who have been symptomatic for no more than 48 hours. "This is the first new antiviral flu treatment with a novel mechanism of action approved...
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Canada legalizes marijuana but it is not legal to bring it into the U.S.
Marijuana may be legal in some states in the United States, but it is federally prohibited. This means it is illegal to bring marijuana bought in Canada across the border into the United States. This is the case even if you are flying into a state where it is legal, such as...
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Most dietary supplements contain harmful pharmaceutical drugs like Viagra and steroids and some say FDA to blame
Harmful drugs are commonly found in dietary supplements people take for weight loss, or muscle building, sexual enhancement or general health according to a new analysis. When California health department researchers took a closer look at more than 700 supplements subject to warnings from the FDA over a 10-year span,...
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