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Liggett Cigarette Company Paid For 2006 Lung Cancer Study

CT scanning, a promising approach to detecting lung cancer at early, treatable stages, has been dealt a setback with the revelation that the most prominent study so far in support of it was funded almost entirely by a cigarette company—with the funds funneled through a foundation set up by the study's author, Dr. Claudia Henschke, reports the New York Times. Although the funding revelation doesn't negate the results of the study, it raises huge conflict of interest flags and reveals how a tobacco company secretly influenced professional opinion by funneling $3.6 million into the foundation over a three year period. More »

8:34 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Chris Walters
1,819 views, 26 comments

Latest by trujunglist: @IrisMR: Everyone is dying slowly and painfully, some more than others. more »

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22,000 People Died As Bayer Reaped Profits, Withheld Key Study From FDA

The FDA yanked the heart surgery drug Trasylol off the market last November, but a medical researcher now claims that 22,000 lives could have been saved if Bayer AG hadn't withheld the results of an earlier internal study proving the drug's danger. An FDA committee held hearings in September 2006 to determine Trasylol's safety, but three of the committee members had a financial interest in Bayer, and the drug maker had underwritten the committee chairman's research. More »

11:47 AM on Sun Feb 17 2008
By Carey
8,600 views, 66 comments

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Consumer Groups Ask FTC Head To Recuse Herself

Two consumer groups have asked Deborah Platt Majoras, the chair of the FTC, to recuse herself from the antitrust review of Google's purchase of Doubleclick. Majoras is married to a partner at Jones Day law firm, which represents Doubleclick. More »

5:28 PM on Thu Dec 13 2007
By Chris Walters
1,498 views, 6 comments