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Research Exposes Deceptive Marketing
A recent Georgia PIRG report has challenged drug companies to stop false and misleading advertisements
that could be putting people’s
health at risk. According to the report, “Turning Medicine Into Snake Oil,” the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) sent 170 notices to 85 pharmaceutical companies for false or misleading statements and claims between 2001 and 2005.
Despite Setbacks, Push For Lobby Reform Won’t Let Up
Randy “Duke” Cunningham and Jack Abramoff were headed for jail, Tom DeLay had resigned his post as House majority leader, and a cloud of suspicion surrounded William
Jefferson, Bob Ney and other elected officials—but it apparently wasn’t enough to prod Congress into action on serious lobbying reform last spring.
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DECEPTIVE AD PULLED—The drug Paxil, intended to treat social anxiety order, made headlines for side effects like teen suicide and severe withdrawal symptoms. Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline ran television ads that promised relief from shyness and self-consciousness, expanding the scope of the drug. The FDA later pulled the ad. |
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