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		<title>Pfizer pays $2.3 billion penalty for illegal marketing of drugs: largest healthcare fraud settlement in US history</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pfizer Inc. is the world&#8217;s largest drug maker, and the biggest among Big Pharma. It will also pay the largest healthcare fraud settlement in US history with ‘a record $2.3 billion civil and criminal penalty over unlawful prescription drug promotions’ of 4 prescription drugs. The case: deceptive and fraudulent marketing of the drugs Bextra (anti-inflammatory), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traditional health care may not like the news, but alternative medicine has already gone mainstream</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Associated Press research based on ‘dozens of studies and interviews with more than 100 sources’ reveal the existence of ‘an underground medical system operating in plain sight, with a different standard than the rest of medical care, and millions of people using it on blind faith.’ The World Health Organization has even reached the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surgical anesthesia drug Propofol found in Michael Jackson’s home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An extremely powerful drug used for surgical anesthesia, Propofol, was found in the home of Michael Jackson after his death. This medicine is strictly issued to medical personnel alone. Authorities are wondering how Jackson was able to possess such a drug. An unidentified information source said, “It is inconceivable that such a drug is prescribed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Pharmacy: Would You Bet Your Life On It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Swedish Medical Products Agency has waged a campaign entitled “Crime Medicine,” executed by Granath Euro RSCG, against the harmful culture of drug purchasing via the Internet. In a recent Swedish survey, 3 percent of people aged 25 to 65 years old who responded have purchased medicines through the Internet. Also, 35 percent will consider [...]]]></description>
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