1
POPSPrince 'Cuts the Crap' on GM Crops Perhaps theres something to be said for the monarchy after all.. governments farm the people, multinationals farm the governments, and big Pharma milks the whole lot....
8
POPSCritical Neuroscience: popularisation and ideology Good to see that scientists themselves are raising concerns to do with the mishmash of mass media titbits about neuroscience that act ideologically to reinforce dominant social ideas pertaining to power, human nature and the political economy.
1
POPSIs Big Pharma Saving The LIves Of The Poor? I have often commented on the greed of Big Pharma. But, came across this article which tells a story of how a Dr. Curtis, an anthropologist , living in African, wanted to save lives by trying to change habits that induce disease to routines of prevention. As in, washing hands after each toilet use. Easier said than done because an often unconscious pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition is what makes you, you. So how can an entity go about changing unconscious unhealthy responses into ones that can save lives? Well, by seeking the help of the very industries that have for years spent billions of cash on manipulating the public and convincing them they cannot live without their products, in other words, changing habits. Makes sense, Big Pharma is good at it and perhaps, indirectly, all they have learned to part us from our $$$ can now be of benefit to those who are dying simply because of bad habits. :lol:
1
POPSProtect Our Food "These "pharma crops" have been grown outdoors in 35 states. They threaten to mix with food crops and contaminate our food supply, with serious implications for public health, farmers, and food producers."
0
POPSLiberal big pharma gift This set of clips is from an article showing how all Governments in Canada are selling out their people to the big drug companies.
0
POPSGlaxo Buys Sirtris For $720 Million A bit unexpected, as big pharma's have been mostly involved in buying up drugs that are close to market. Sirtris' medicines, famously based on a supposedly life-prolonging chemical in red wine, are very early stage. Still, this emphasizes the trend of foreign-based pharmaceutical firms buying up U.S. companies, which are cheap because of the weakness of the dollar.
4
POPSBig Pharma spends $25,000 per physician annually And TV ads for prescription drugs are illegal in most countries. Now friends, why do you suppose they're legal in the USA? Is it because we just love freedom so much? Or is it because big business controls Congress?
5
POPSBig Pharma Drug Rip-Off Many of us knew this to be true but when it is written down in some article it packs an even greater punch! OUCH! We should all stop being so afraid of death, and dying for if it weren't for this fear, I believe, THEY (big pharma, physicians, medical "caretakers" etc.) COULD NEVER GET AWAY WITH ROBBING US OF OUR MONEY, HEALTH AND WELL BEING! :mad: More here http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/04/19/shocking-facts-about-the-pharmaceutical-industry.aspx and here: http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=327 and even more here: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20020805/newman20020725
0
POPSPR Advice For Pharma Fredric Cohen, a former J&J researcher and now a consultant to drug companies, has some good advice.
0
POPSBird Flu: US Accused of Developing Bio Weapon Indonesia, the WHO, and the US conflict over bird flu samples that will make millions for US Pharma companies and the Indonesia Health Minister claims in a book that the US wants it to make biological weapon. By the way, the neoconservative Project for New American Century blueprint for "global hegemony", in addition to space dominance and a "new middle east" does mention the use of bioweapons : The document also calls for the creation of "US space forces" to dominate space, and the total control of cyberspace to prevent "enemies" using the internet against the US. It also hints that the US may consider developing biological weapons "that can target specific genotypes may transform biological warfare from the realm of terror to a politically useful tool".
0
POPS39,870 That's the total number of jobs cut by pharmaceutical companies this year, according to Ed Silverman of Pharmalot. If Ed's count is right, that's a stunning total. At the beginning of 2006, Challenger, Gray & Christmas estimated pharma job cuts had hit 70,000 over three years. And that was more job cuts than in the previous decade.
8
POPSDrugs Not the Answer Giving drugs to people with a mental health problem is not the magic bullet the Pharma companies want us to believe. We all look for instant cures, but maybe the roots of mental distress lie in culture itself?
1
POPSBristol Steals Merck Playbook Buying product engine companies that don't have a product on the market but might create many new drugs five or ten years down the road has been Merck's acquisition strategy of late. Bristol-Myers Squibb seems to be following suit with its $430 million purchase of privately-held Adnexus. The dela also highlights the inflating price tags pharma is paying for biotechs. --Matthew Herper
0
POPSU.S. Reports of Drug Reactions Triple
Yet another reason we look to more natural PREVENTIVE supplements and good health practices. Not that I am for Ephedra - but everyone (almost) has heard of it and expresses concern about the product. There was only one reported death due to overdose - the media made a big stink (can anyone say big pharma lobbyist) and the ban was set forth against ephedra. Pretty funny when they discovered that - while some supplement companies were making a buck selling ephedra as a weight loss product (capturing a market share desired by big phama) - that they cut their nose off despite their face when such big money makers like "SUDAFED" and other OTC allergy meds would be banned because of the liberal use of ephedra. Not to mention Claritin "D" has 400% of the recommended dose of ephedra as set forth by the FDA. Again - I am not an ephedra advocate - I am simply pointing out the necessity to do your homework when you get a prescribed or OTC drug. More on my Blog http://bust-the-gut.blogsp
1
POPSLabels to Fight Obesity Warning Labels? Try to get that past our Pharma lobbyists. You GO NZ! See the rest of the article at: http://bust-the-gut.blogspot.com/ Carl The Trainer at: http://www.carlthetrainer.com
1
POPSThe "other" Secret! The USDA has issued proposed rules that would allow corn engineered to contain pharmaceutical drugs to be grown as little as one mile away from regular corn grown for human consumption.
1
POPSFDA Announces Plan to Eliminate Vitamin Companies Big Pharma is taking aim at your life and health again, through the FDA's latest ruling, designed to put supplement companies out of business, increase the cost of supplements to consumers, and gradually eliminate a thinking person's choice of healthy alternatives, leaving the field wide open for only Big Pharma's own toxic chemical prescriptions. The FDA, ostensibly created to protect Americans' health, is hell-bent on destroying it, using the bottomless pockets of Big Pharma. When are Americans going to say "Enough!"?
0
POPSBig Pharma Gets a Trillion Dollar Health Scam Passed Yep, Big Pharma twisted enough arms in Congress to get its Medicare drug bill passed, during the wee hours of the night. Prescription drugs are higher in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world. And now Big Pharma is passing more of that cost to Medicare, by not allowing them to negotiate lower prices for the millions of drug prescriptions they purchase annually. Big Pharma and Congress sold us out again. Even "60 Minutes" reported on this outrageous scam. See the movie clip on this page.
1
Pops
Newest Clips
Latest Comments
Most Pops
Print
Save
Turn on live update