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Drug Company That Hiked Prices, Gouged Consumers And Bribed Doctors Will Pay $840M Fine
The maker of a top-selling prostate cancer drug is expected to pay a record fine of more than $840 million to settle federal allegations that it hiked its prices and bribed doctors to prescribe it, according to published reports. more
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The Tobacco Industry And Scientific Groups ILSI: A Case Study
World No Tobacco Day is 31 May 2001. In keeping with worldwide efforts to reduce the use of tobacco Vidyya is reprinting two landmark reports from the World Health Organization. Throughout the week, we will also provide information on smoking cessation and other smoking, tobacco and health related issues.
A July 2000 report of an independent committee of experts outlined a number of ways in which the tobacco industry had attempted to undermine WHO tobacco control efforts in recent decades. This paper presents a brief chronology of the industry's relations with one such group, the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI). Findings indicate that ILSI was used by certain tobacco companies to thwart tobacco control policies. more
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An Introduction To The WHO Inquiry On Tobacco Industry Influence
Evidence from tobacco industry documents reveals that tobacco companies have operated for many years with the deliberate purpose of subverting the efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO) to control tobacco use. The attempted subversion has been elaborate, well financed, sophisticated, and usually invisible. The release of millions of pages of confidential tobacco company documents as a result of lawsuits against the tobacco industry in the United States has exposed the activities of tobacco companies in resisting tobacco control efforts. That tobacco companies resist proposals for tobacco control comes as no surprise. What is now clear is the scale and intensity of their often-deceptive strategies and tactics. more
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A Vidyya Virtual Tool Kit
We at Vidyya take great care to create a Web site that can be used by almost any Web browser. However, in effort to make this Web site as appealing as possible, we have implemented some technologies that are widely supported by the most popular browsers. Although these technologies make our Web site more interesting, they are not required for you to benefit from Vidyya's Web site. We thought our readers might like to have access to these tools in one convenient location. more
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I QUIT!: What to Do When You're Sick of Smoking, Chewing, or Dipping
This smoking cessation guide featured in today's Vidyya is targeted to teens who are trying to quit cigarettes or smokeless tobacco. It includes tips for dealing with nicotine withdrawal and for handling the situations that may lead to relapse. more
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