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Assemblyman Hall attended Kentucky Derby as fact-finder, fundraiser
PolitiCalAssemblyman Isadore Hall III (D-Compton) takes fact-finding trip to Kentucky Derby. He said taxpayers did not pay for his trip and he did not bet on a horse.... -
Romney's jobs record a little shaky
Mitt Romney stood before a shuttered steel factory in Pennsylvania the other day, using the iconic backdrop to underscore what has become the most forceful theme of his presidential campaign: the need for more jobs.
"He has done everything wrong," Romney...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Regional Authority, Unemployment, Migration, Employment
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AIDS charity sues Bristol Myers, saying it overcharged for medication [Updated]
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Plavix advertising indirectly cost taxpayers an extra $207 million over five years*
Booster ShotsAdvertising brand-name prescription medications directly to patients is a uniquely American custom, and a controversial one at that. A study published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine may stir new debate over the practice. In the case of one....... -
Use of atypical antipsychotics for lesser disorders is gaining ground, despite safety concerns
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAbout a year ago, patients began trooping into the office of UCLA psychiatrist Andrew Leuchter, asking whether an antipsychotic drug called Abilify "might be right for them." Few appeared to be delusional, plagued by hallucinations or suffering fearsome...Tags: Education, Risperdal (drug), Companies and Corporations, Alzheimer's Disease, Behavioral Conditions
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John O'Quinn dies at 68; Texas personal-injury lawyer
Associated PressFlamboyant lawyer John O'Quinn, who won billions in verdicts against makers of breast implants, pharmaceuticals and tobacco products, died Thursday in a traffic wreck. He was 68. Police said O'Quinn and a passenger were killed when the sport-utility...Tags: Houston, Justice System, Natural Resources, Health, Lawyers
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Earnings roundup: Lockheed, Bristol-Myers, 3M, Estee Lauder and more
Money & CompanySeveral major companies reported mixed but generally strong quarterly earnings this morning. Some, like Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., reported soaring profits, and others posted losses that were smaller than expected. Lockheed Martin Corp., the world’s... -
Old HIV drug found to produce rare liver problem, FDA says
Booster ShotsDidanosine, the second drug approved for the treatment of HIV infections and one of the oldest weapons in the AIDS armamentarium, has been found to produce rare cases of potentially fatal liver disease in patients taking it for long periods,...... -
Take your pills, ignore your belly
Greg Critser is the author of "Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Bodies, Minds and Lives."LAST WEEK, stock market analysts parsed the latest sales reports from the nation's biggest drug companies in search of why profits in the normally high-performing industry have plummeted. Good luck finding anything new. Pharma chief executives offer...Tags: Novartis AG, New Products, Drugs and Medicines, Cancer, Health
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A bitter pill for Big Pharma
The strategy that has made the pharmaceutical industry one of the wealthiest and most powerful on Earth is finally starting to betray it. Beginning in just a few weeks, and continuing over the next several years, some of the biggest-selling and most...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Johnson & Johnson Inc., Cialis (drug), Science and Technology, Viagra (drug)
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A Girl Is Given an Adult Medicine and She Pays a Heavy Price
Times Staff WriterWhen a hospital psychiatrist prescribed an antidepressant called Serzone for their 15-year-old daughter, Jimmie and Brenda Robinson assumed it was safe. The episode in February 1997 haunts them--Alissa Robinson nearly died while taking Serzone. After...Tags: Medical Services, Companies and Corporations, Death, Adults, Psychiatry
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Big business gets the Hollywood treatment
Jonah GoldbergJack Andraka, a 15-year-old kid from Maryland, just won the world's largest high school science competition by creating a new test for pancreatic cancer, one of the nastiest and most lethal forms of the disease. According to various news reports, the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Siemens, Science and Technology, George Soros, Larry Ellison
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