Disgustingly, West Virginia doctors took 15,382 goodies worth millions during 2008 from pharmaceutical manufacturers trying to induce the physicians to prescribe their high-priced brands.

Since the state has only 5,152 licensed doctors and nurse-practitioners, and since some physicians refuse such gifts, it's obvious that many other doctors raked in multiple "inducements."

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Sanofi-Aventis will pay $95.5 million to settle allegations that it overcharged state Medicaid programs for anti-inflammatory nasal sprays, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

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US regulators have issued guidelines to drugmakers about the way they should present risk information for the treatments when advertising on television or in journals.

The 27-page “Guidance for Industry Presenting Risk Information in Prescription Drug and Medical Device Promotion”

The UK's National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence has published new guidance for the month of May.

There are three clinical guidelines that may impact on primary care covering coeliac disease, low back pain and type 2 diabetes (update).

A Food and Drug Administration report released yesterday recommends stronger warnings and dose limits on drugs containing the painkiller acetaminophen (paracetamol), citing an increased risk of liver injury.

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