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Number of Floridians on AIDS drug waiting list climbs again

The waiting list to enroll in Florida’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program grew to more than 1,070 people by last Thursday, according to the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors.

When Rewards Outweigh Penalties, Companies Put Your Health at Risk

By | 03.23.10 | 2:52 pm

When pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer pay billion-dollar fines for illegal off-label marketing (promoting drugs for unapproved uses), prosecutors and the FDA often think that they’ve been punished sufficiently to deter future off-label marketing campaigns. But a story by David Evans in The Washington Post shows that by the More…

Two Big Headlines in Search of a Common Message

By | 09.03.09 | 3:04 pm

The papers yesterday screamed the news as the two stories broke almost simultaneously. In one plot, the internal watchdog at the Securities and Exchange Commission found that SEC regulators had bungled numerous opportunities to catch Bernie Madoff as he engineered what became a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, leaving More…

Health Care Choices Get Clearer

By | 03.20.09 | 1:32 pm

Two bills introduced in Congress recently stake out rival positions on a key issue related to health care reform. Which approach ultimately prevails will help determine whether the pharmaceutical industry maintains the support that Pfizer CEO Jeffrey Kindler voiced Wednesday for President Obama’s plan’s to overhaul the More…

Pfizer Exec’s Tips for ‘Managing’ Journalists

By | 02.03.09 | 12:57 pm

Influence comes in many forms. Often, influencing the influencers is a smart strategy. Free food never hurts, either.

The head of public relations for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer makes free food a centerpiece of his “tips for managing journalists” an industry conference, Advertising Age reports.