"Drug company used RAP VIDEO to push for HIGHER FENTANYL DOSES"
Execs included a former exotic dancer hired with no previous pharma experience.
Former employee watched her manager "give a lap dance at a Chicago nightclub to a doctor Insys was pushing to write more scripts".
Execs included a former exotic dancer hired with no previous pharma experience.
Former employee watched her manager "give a lap dance at a Chicago nightclub to a doctor Insys was pushing to write more scripts".
"Opioid Deaths Follow Where Big Pharma Spends Money on Marketing to Doctors" https://psmag.com/social-justice/opioid-deaths-follow-where-big-pharma-spends-money-on-marketing-to-doctors
‘A blizzard of prescriptions’: Documents reveal new details about Purdue’s marketing of OxyContin" https://www.statnews.com/2019/01/15/massachusetts-purdue-lawsuit-new-details/
"Say 'Yes' to Drugs? The History of Pharmaceutical Marketing" https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/pharmaceutical-marketing-history
From Associated Press, Dec 2011:
"LIPITOR BECOMES WORLD'S TOP-SELLING DRUG"
"Back in the early 1980's...heart attack prevention basically amounted to telling patients to eat more oatmeal and skip the steak."
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20111228/HEALTH_CARE/111229902/lipitor-becomes-world-s-top-selling-drug
"LIPITOR BECOMES WORLD'S TOP-SELLING DRUG"
"Back in the early 1980's...heart attack prevention basically amounted to telling patients to eat more oatmeal and skip the steak."
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20111228/HEALTH_CARE/111229902/lipitor-becomes-world-s-top-selling-drug
2015 Study:
"76% of global clinical trial grant spend is funded by pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies."
https://www.centerwatch.com/news-online/2015/02/01/study-grants-market-breaks-13-billion/
"76% of global clinical trial grant spend is funded by pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies."
https://www.centerwatch.com/news-online/2015/02/01/study-grants-market-breaks-13-billion/
2017:
"AMERICANS TAKING MORE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAN EVER"
"55% of Americans regularly take a prescription medicine"
"Those who use a prescription drug TAKE FOUR on average"
"AMERICANS TAKING MORE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAN EVER"
"55% of Americans regularly take a prescription medicine"
"Those who use a prescription drug TAKE FOUR on average"
2013:
"Not on CHOLESTEROL MEDS? New guidelines may change that"
"The new guidelines could double the amount of people on medication to lower their cholesterol"
https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/12/health/cholesterol-guidelines/index.html
"Not on CHOLESTEROL MEDS? New guidelines may change that"
"The new guidelines could double the amount of people on medication to lower their cholesterol"
https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/12/health/cholesterol-guidelines/index.html
2016:
"The Last Statin Standing Sits Down"
"Crestor, the only statin drug that still retained patent protection, has it no longer"
"From now on you'll be buying the GENERIC equivalent of the drug"
BIOLOGICAL drugs represent the NEW approach. https://www.acsh.org/news/2016/07/21/the-last-statin-standing-sits-down
"The Last Statin Standing Sits Down"
"Crestor, the only statin drug that still retained patent protection, has it no longer"
"From now on you'll be buying the GENERIC equivalent of the drug"
BIOLOGICAL drugs represent the NEW approach. https://www.acsh.org/news/2016/07/21/the-last-statin-standing-sits-down
2018:
NEW CHOLESTEROL GUIDELINES
“New cholesterol guidelines recommend a return to LDL target levels and NEW DRUG OPTIONS”
“The recommendation is to LOWER LDL TO BELOW 70”
If statins fail to get LDL>70, the new guidelines suggest adding OTHER drugs. https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/10/health/cholesterol-guidelines-aha-bn/index.html
NEW CHOLESTEROL GUIDELINES
“New cholesterol guidelines recommend a return to LDL target levels and NEW DRUG OPTIONS”
“The recommendation is to LOWER LDL TO BELOW 70”
If statins fail to get LDL>70, the new guidelines suggest adding OTHER drugs. https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/10/health/cholesterol-guidelines-aha-bn/index.html
“Suits Unveil Scope of MASSIVE KICKBACK SCHEME”
“$41 Million in ILLEGAL payments to doctors.”
“Doctors known as “whales” received STAGGERING amounts of money”
THOMAS DAYSPRING alone received more than $371,000
http://www.cardiobrief.org/2017/06/12/trustee-for-zombie-lab-sues-thousands-of-doctors-and-dozens-of-nonprofits/
“$41 Million in ILLEGAL payments to doctors.”
“Doctors known as “whales” received STAGGERING amounts of money”
THOMAS DAYSPRING alone received more than $371,000
http://www.cardiobrief.org/2017/06/12/trustee-for-zombie-lab-sues-thousands-of-doctors-and-dozens-of-nonprofits/
DR. STEVEN NISSEN:
"Statin Denial: An Internet-Driven Cult With Deadly Consequences "
https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2645554/statin-denial-internet-driven-cult-deadly-consequences
"Statin Denial: An Internet-Driven Cult With Deadly Consequences "
https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2645554/statin-denial-internet-driven-cult-deadly-consequences
That time DR. STEVEN NISSEN got caught tipping off a PHARMA company about an embargoed study then agreed to GHOSTWRITE said company's RAPID RESPONSE meta-analysis under his name without mentioning the company.
Paid $25,000.
https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/docs/#id=zhkf0226
Paid $25,000.
https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/docs/#id=zhkf0226
“HYPERTENSION Guidelines Released at AHA”
“Expands the number of US adults considered to have hypertension”
STEVE NISSEN: “We've done a better job of getting people on statins, and now the question is: can we get blood pressure treatment to be as good?
https://www.tctmd.com/news/long-awaited-hypertension-guidelines-released-aha
“Expands the number of US adults considered to have hypertension”
STEVE NISSEN: “We've done a better job of getting people on statins, and now the question is: can we get blood pressure treatment to be as good?
https://www.tctmd.com/news/long-awaited-hypertension-guidelines-released-aha
“U.S. Ranks #1 in the World For Sky-High Cost of Vital Medicines”
1. U.S. +306% over median
2. Germany 125%
3. UAE 122%
4. Italy 90%

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/ajimpact/ranks-1-world-sky-high-cost-vital-medicines-191121224954634.html?__twitter_impression=true
1. U.S. +306% over median
2. Germany 125%
3. UAE 122%
4. Italy 90%

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/ajimpact/ranks-1-world-sky-high-cost-vital-medicines-191121224954634.html?__twitter_impression=true