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Moore's current opponents have tried to launch pre-emptive strikes at the director and his moviemaking practices. On June 13, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), which represents leading drugmakers such as Eli Lilly, Merck and GlaxoSmithKline, issued a statement dismissing Moore as "a political activist with a track record for sensationalism." PhRMA went on to say "a review of America's health care system should be balanced, thoughtful and well-researched" before adding, "Unfortunately, you won't get that from Michael Moore." America's Health Insurance Plans, whose members include HMOs Aetna and Cigna, handed...
...added that this track record may have helped steer Harvard to further license Whiteside’s lab’s developments. The research obtained from Whitesides’ lab will be developed through Nano-Terra’s existing relationships with large companies such as 3M and Merck KGaA, and with the U.S. government—specifically the Department of Defense. These partnerships are expected to produce products in 18 to 36 months, according to the press release. While many of Harvard’s schools have strict rules about professors partnering with companies that they have a financial...
Three years ago, concerns about the heart risks associated with the painkiller Vioxx triggered an escalating crisis for the drugmaker Merck that culminated with the withdrawal of the drug in September 2004, the eventual resignation of the CEO and fierce criticism of the Food and Drug Administration for failing to identify the risks of the drug before it was approved. Now a study released by the New England Journal of Medicine has linked one of the most commonly prescribed diabetes drugs, Avandia, to a significant increase in the risk of heart attack. But both the FDA and Avandia's manufacturer...
...agency has not recommended any action based on it. "We've shared what we have, and we've done so in a timely and appropriate way," she says. That may prove to be a key issue as the FDA, scientists, investors and patients weigh their next move on Avandia. Merck's undoing, after all, wasn't just the data; it was concerns over the disclosure of it. Says Nissen: "There will be a lot of questions about who knew what, when...
...ubiquitous. Of the 120 strains isolated from humans - about 40 of which are in the mouth and genital tracts - Merck's recently FDA-approved vaccine, Gardasil, protects against four: HPV-6 and HPV-11, which cause warts; and HPV-16 and HPV-18, which cause about 70% of cervical cancers. Similarly, according to the study, HPV-16 was present in 72 of the 100 cancer patients enrolled in the study. Between 12,000 and 15,000 new cases of oropharyngeal cancer are diagnosed each year, and about 3,000 people die from it. "It is a significant health issue," says...