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Consumer Confidential: Ticketmaster refund, Lipitor probe
Money & CompanyHere's your fool-to-cry Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --If you bought a ticket through Ticketmaster between October 1999 and October of this year, you're due for some cash -- $1.50, to be precise. Because of a...... -
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Now you can have advance warning on those erectile dysfunction ads
Company TownWondering where the next erectile dysfunction ad will appear on television and whether you'll have to have an awkward conversation with your kid? Well, the Parents Television Council is here to help. The media advocacy group founded to "ensure that...... -
Consumer Confidential: Black Friday comes early, another Lipitor recall, McD's told to pay up
Money & CompanyHere's your feel-the-burn Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --Remember when "Black Friday" came the day after Thanksgiving? Not any more. Customer-hungry stores are launching their year-end sales earlier than ever, with some rolling out... -
Consumer Confidential: Apple TV catches on, 3-D TV doesn't, Pfizer recalls Lipitor
Money & CompanyHere's your two-for-the-road Tuesday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --Because Apple just doesn't get enough free publicity, here's the latest: The company says it's on the verge of selling 1 million Apple TV set-top boxes, and expects...... -
Man sued over in NYC over 25-foot Viagra rocket
A New York man is being sued for trademark infringement after he towed a 25-foot-long fake missile around Manhattan with the words "Viva Viagra" printed in blue on its sides. An attorney for Viagra-maker Pfizer Inc. says that the man's use of the...Tags: Viagra (drug), West Babylon
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Docs decide the time is right to recommend an erectile dysfunction drug
Booster ShotsJust in case anyone out there was unconvinced that erectile dysfunction is best treated by popping one of those well-advertised pills, the American College of Physicians has officially proclaimed the superiority of drugs such as Viagra, Levitra and Cialis... -
FDA panel recommends wider use for cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor
Booster ShotsA Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended today that drug-maker AstraZeneca be allowed to expand the labeling on its cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor to include some people who do not have high cholesterol levels. That could allow as many... -
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: Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Lilly Eli & Co, Fosamax (drug), McDonald's
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The National Institutes of Health: Public Servant or Private Marketer?
Times Staff WriterFor 15 million Americans, it is a daily ritual: gulping down a pill to reduce cholesterol. They do it because their doctors tell them to. Their doctors, in turn, rely on recommendations from the National Institutes of Health and its scientists, such as...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Biotechnology Industry, Science and Technology, Career and Workplace, Cancer
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An expensive free lunch
Special to The TimesI arrived late to the pediatrics conference and snuck in around the side to grab some food. "Wow! Chinese chicken salad with sesame dressing," I thought to myself. "Just what I need." I was exhausted from my day in the neonatal intensive care unit, and...Tags: Novartis AG, Drugs and Medicines, Values, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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FDA approves new drug for erectile dysfunction
Men now have a new option to treat erectile dysfunction. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the new drug Stendra to treat the illness that causes problems in the sex lives of 30 million men. It is the first erectile dysfunction drug in a...Tags: Chest, Food and Drug Administration, Drug Trafficking, Pharmaceuticals, High Blood Pressure
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