More details emerge in Obama’s secret dealings with Big Pharma during health care overhaul

The bipartisan Congressional committee currently investigating the secret dealings between the Obama administration and Big Pharma prior to the passage of the massive health care overhaul is set to release pertinent new details as to what these dealings entailed. In…

FDA concerned about risks of Pfizer’s experimental arthritis drug

The current Pfizer attempt to gain FDA approval for marketing appears to be ignoring its own scientists’ concerns. That’s become business-as-usual with Big Pharma and the FDA. A classic example is the neurotoxin aspartame, which FDA scientists refused authorize as…

Ron Paul admits in speech to public that the FDA And Big Pharma ‘are in bed together’

Ron Paul makes a groundbreaking admission to the public on tape – that the FDA and Big Pharma are indeed “in bed together,” both building up their monopolies and only interested in making more money. The Republican presidential candidate confirms that the corrupt corporations…

A common vegetable cures skin cancer

When it comes to skin cancer, Big Pharma offers only topical chemo creams and surgery. The chemo creams often don’t work but often do cause ugly, painful side effects. Removing skin cancer tumors surgically usually results with tumors resurfacing sooner or later. Surgeries…

Multiple Sclerosis Society ignores nutritional cures for MS while promoting medical mafia standard of sick care

(NaturalNews)It’s not just the cancer industry that keeps you away from non-pharmaceutical and non-invasive treatments that actually work for complete recovery or reversal. The Multiple Sclerosis Society works with Big Pharma and the AMA (or whatever national doctor’s union) to make…

Fact: 80 percent of U.S. pharmaceuticals made with overseas ingredients, nearly half produced in foreign facilities never inspected by FDA

Big Pharma advocates (the few that exist outside the corrupt government structure and the drug industry itself) regularly defend the industry with claims that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) maintains strict regulatory protocols that ensure safety. But a new…

Orgasm Inc. film review: Big Pharma’s disease mongering targets women’s sexual behavior

If you’re in the mood for an intelligent documentary revealing the absurdity and greed of the medical-pharmaceutical complex, add Orgasm Inc. to your Netflix queue. The film manages to be both witty and informative while exposing how Big Pharma and medical device-makers…

Obama Administration wants anyone of any age to be able to buy ‘morning after’ pill without prescription

Milk, eggs, and a pack of “Plan B One-Step” drugs — this could become a typical grocery store shopping list for millions of young women across the country, should the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cave to new pressure from Big Pharma to loosen emergency contraceptive…

Medical societies maintain secret financial ties to drug companies

(Natural News) There are many interlocking financial conflicts of interest between Big Pharma and medical institutions. Many members of major medical groups, universities, and medical journals also have financial ties with pharmaceutical companies. These Big Pharma connections push dangerous drugs into the collective consciousness while keeping safe and inexpensive non-drug health solutions out of public awareness. Medical Journals and Big Pharma Dr. Marcia Angell, author of The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It, issued this statement after her tenure with The New England Journal of Medicine as Editor in Chief: “It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published.” Pharmaceutical companies even hire ghost writers to concoct favorable product reports. Then those companies pay corrupt doctors or researchers to sign those biased reports that are then published in medical journals. There have been occasions of medical journal reports claiming successful medical drug trials, but no one tried the drugs! These were totally faked trial reports. Yet they were published in medical journals and quoted by medical practitioners who prescribed them. This sort of dishonesty was part of selling Vioxx, the heart medicine that killed more than it cured for a few years before finally being withdrawn from the market. Funding Medical Societies The AMA (American Medical Society) is not the only medical society. It’s the largest and most encompassing one. But there are as many medical societies as medical specialists. Medical equipment and drug manufacturers infiltrate those specific specialty groups to sell their wares. An interesting recent expose on one such group, The Heart Rhythm Society with its 5000 plus mostly cardiologist membership, received half of last year’s $16 million budget from companies that make drugs and devices to treat arrhythmia. Adding to this influence, those same companies had 12 of the 18 Heart Rythm society’s board members on their payroll as consultants and lecturers. Do you see the revolving doors and dual membership conflicts of interest? They are not rare. They are business as usual and common with Big Pharma and government agencies as well. The Cancer and Vaccine Industries According to Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., assistant professor of radiation oncology at the University of Michigan Medical School, almost one-third of cancer research reports surveyed in the major medical journals had obvious conflicts of interests . Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/026314_cancer_research_studies.html#ixzz1XWVqDlyc The vaccine industry may be the most corrupt and influential aspect of Big Pharma yet. Health Ranger Mike Adams recently revealed a network involving the vaccine industry, the military, and the IOM (Institute of Medicine), a strange alliance at first glance. But the more one knows of the dark side of vaccinations, the more it makes sense for those demanding covert depopulation efforts under the cover of humanitarian aid. The IOM is as influential as it gets. Whatever they say goes with the mainstream media and authority figures in all levels of government. If the IOM says a vaccine is safe and effective, there is no further discussion. Read more at: http://www.naturalnews.com/033455_Institute_of_Medicine_vaccines.html Money Talks Way Too Much We all need to make a living. But when money pervasively trumps truth and disregards health, there is no protection from the harm it causes. Sincere health practitioners and MDs who step out the Big Pharma box are persecuted and prosecuted for healing without harm. Their lives are often ruined. The liars who falsely promote dangerous drugs make plea bargains or pay affordable fines, if caught, after many are harmed. Sources for more information: Jon Rappoport quotes Dr. Marcia Angell and elaborates http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/faking-medical-reality/ Medical societies maintain secret financial ties to drug companies http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/medical-societies-financially-tied-drugmakers/2011-05-09 Big Pharma medical journal ghost writers write and doctors sign http://www.naturalnews.com/029945_HRT_drugs_medical_journals.html http://www.naturalnews.com/033455_Institute_of_Medicine_vaccines.html http://www.naturalnews.com/026314_cancer_research_studies.html#ixzz1XWVqDlyc

Ex pharma sales rep Gwen Olsen says Big Pharma only interested in profits, not health

(NaturalNews) Gwen Olsen, an ex-pharmaceutical sales representative, is using her personal experience and insider knowledge to turn the tables on Big Pharma and tell people the disturbing and disheartening truth about the highly corrupt industry: it’s only after the money, not the health of its patients. Gwen, a 2007 Human Rights Award recipient, is a dedicated mental health activist, public speaker, and writer committed to child and mental health advocacy; her specialties include promoting the cessation of America’s over medication of its children and teens. It’s hard to imagine that this same woman was once a successful pharmaceutical sales rep for more than 15 years, working for many of the industry’s big name manufacturers. “We (were) being trained to misinform people,” said Gwen. Now on a personal, passionate quest to wake up as many people as possible to the deception of the pharmaceutical industry, Gwen’s research emphasizes her concerns about the increasingly prevalent use of prescription drugs and the deadly effects that these drugs can have. “There is no such thing as a safe drug,” said Gwen in a video interview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4bYng7X7Kk). Gwen’s astounding admissions in another video interview on Natural News (http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=2935933D692D0D1AA264680A0C9EB343) dispels the myth that Big Pharma is in the business of healing or helping cure disease — instead, the industry is out to regulate illness, manage symptoms, and keep people trapped in a lethal cycle of chemical dependency, says Gwen. In the video, Gwen explains that drugs — psychiatric drugs in particular — are meant to encourage people to remain customers of the pharmaceutical industry. After all, if Big Pharma intended to help cure disease, they would be putting themselves out of business. “I don’t want people thinking that I am a conspiracy theorist, because in fact, there is no theory behind what I’m telling you, it’s all provable… what I’m saying is provable is, the pharmaceutical industry doesn’t want to cure people,” said Gwen in the video. The confessions of a Pharma veteran The Rx Reformer recently released a book, Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher (http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Drug-Pusher-Gwen-Olsen/dp/1935278592/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1310091850&sr=8-1), which provides considerable insider knowledge of the serious dangers that lie within the game of the pharmaceutical industry and the disinformation that has jeopardized lives. Her book presents many admissions, some deeply personal, of what she discovered and observed throughout her career with Big Pharma, during which she was encouraged to minimize the side effects of the drugs she was selling when speaking to doctors. Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher is a strikingly candid and much-needed wake-up call about the flawed U.S. health care system, which is — with good reason — currently ranked last among 19 industrialized nations worldwide. You can read more about the book on Gwen’s site: http://www.gwenolsen.com As Gwen’s book reveals to readers, more than 180,000 people die annually from the effects of legal drugs. “By the time a drug is approved and it hits the general population, we don’t even know 50% of the side effects involved,” said Gwen. In the same interview, Gwen explains that there is no medical evidence required for psychiatrists who wish to prescribe their patients drugs. This broadens the potential patient population considerably, allowing Big Pharma a lucrative advantage over an increasingly diseased and medicated public. How the Rx Reformer came into existence Gwen’s self-proclaimed calling as the “Rx Reformer” evolved not only from extensive personal experiences obtained during the years she spent working for major drug companies, but a shocking event that occurred within her own family. The health of Gwen’s niece, Megan Blanchard, a bright pre-med student, quickly deteriorated through the onset of drug-induced addiction, withdrawal, mental illness, and depression. This painful suffering resulted in Meg’s unfortunate and tragic suicide, and Gwen quickly realized that her niece was not the first to painfully suffer from the consequences of doctor prescribed pharmaceuticals, nor would she be the last. In her book, Gwen writes: “Compassion is what Meg really needed, not more drugs.” “There are thousands and thousands of people like that out there — and they need a voice,” said Gwen. “I serve as that voice.” Gwen’s disillusionment with the industry — her anger at the immense deceit and misinformation she witnessed taking place within the profitable alliance between medical doctors and Big Pharma — led her to get out of pharmaceutical sales and pursue a new vocation: spreading truth. “I had been used in the game, I literally was the one at the front lines, harming people — unintentionally — but I was responsible, and I carry a burden for that now,” said Gwen. Gwen has now made it her moral obligation, or what she has labeled her “spiritual calling,” to educate others on what she learned the hard way about the abundance of harmful drugs being given to a credulous population. Watch a recorded interview with Gwen here: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=2935933D692D0D1AA264680A0C9EB343 Sources for this article include: http://www.gwenolsen.com/ http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=2935933D692D0D1AA264680A0C9EB343 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4bYng7X7Kk

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