Drug & Device News: Studies, Recalls, Regulations, Lawsuits

SSRI Dosage Concerns

When prescribing the most popular class of antidepressants – selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) – doctors usually start with the lowest recommended dosage. Then…

Kevin Connolly January 30, 2012
Disease Mongering and Drug Marketing

The absolute, essential element for any business that wishes to succeed consists in discovering what the buying public needs and then fulfilling that need.…

Kevin Connolly January 22, 2012
Medical Device Failures on the Rise

Over the last few years there has been a sharp spike in medical device recalls. Increased failure rates, as well as an increase in…

Kevin Connolly January 18, 2012
How Big Pharma Influences Doctors

If you’re old enough, you may be familiar with the following scene: You are sitting in the waiting room of your physician’s office. Out…

Kevin Connolly January 18, 2012
Direct to Consumer Marketing

Consumers are bombarded daily with ads for products that promise effortless weight loss, regained youth, a higher quality of life and everything in between.…

Kevin Connolly January 18, 2012
Prescription Drug Deaths on the Rise

The statistics and the facts are staggering: More than 40 people a day across the country die from prescription pain medication overdoses; more and…

Kevin Connolly January 18, 2012
Reasons to Keep Your Implant After Revision Surgery

According to an article published in Health Affairs, 750,000 hip and knee implant surgeries were performed in 2005 and that number is expected to…

Kevin Connolly January 18, 2012
Big Pharma’s Influence On Surgeons

In 2006, Dr. David Polly was at the top of his game. A renowned and respected University of Minnesota orthopedic surgeon, Polly testified before…

Kevin Connolly January 18, 2012

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SSRI Dosage Concerns

Disease Mongering and Drug Marketing

Medical Device Failures on the Rise

How Big Pharma Influences Doctors

Direct to Consumer Marketing

Prescription Drug Deaths on the Rise

Reasons to Keep Your Implant After Revision Surgery

Big Pharma’s Influence On Surgeons