Consumerist
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chinese poison train
Counterfeit Drugs Made In China Relabeled "Made In India"
The Chinese poison train makes plenty of stops outside of the United States. When those stops are in developing countries, bad things can happen. Even worse things happen when dangerous products from China are intentionally mislabeled as being from another country. Say, India. More »
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health insurance
Ask The Consumerists: Should Everyone Take Advantage Of $4 Generics?
Back in April, reader B. e-mailed the Consumerist tipline about a change to his health insurance plan's prescription drug schedule. It raised a drug that he's taken for years, the generic version of Prozac, to a different schedule—more than tripling B.'s co-pay, from $8 to $25. More » -
drug pushers
Pfizer Offers Free Medication To Unemployed Or Uninsured Patients
It's hard for journalists (and bloggers) to resist a story that they can entitle "Free Viagra," and pharmaceutical company Pfizer knows it. This recent publicity stunt is still newsworthy even without that headline, because of its purpose, and the problem for drug companies that it illustrates. More » -
Starting January 1, drug companies will implement a voluntary moratorium on branded goodies from drug companies.
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pharma
Dem Gains Make Big Pharma Queasy
In other news, Democratic control of Congress cured our dyspepsia. — BEN POPKEN More » -
readers
Acne Treatment, not Acne, Triggers Suicide?
Is that big zit on your nose making you want to die? No, like, really? Because it might be your medicine, and not the fact that when it heals you're going to look like Tommy Lee Jones. More »
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