GSK, BMS, J&J top ethical ranking list by Covalence
GlaxoSmithKline is at the top of ethical-monitoring firm Covalence’s ranking list, followed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson. The quarterly report, which ranks the top 10...
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After Sanctions, Doctors Get Drug Company Pay
A decade ago the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice accused Dr. Faruk Abuzzahab of a “reckless, if not willful, disregard” for the welfare of 46 patients, 5 of whom died in his care or shortly...
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Wal-Mart, CIA, ExxonMobil Changed Wikipedia Entries
A new Web site built by an American technology student has uncovered the lengths that companies apparently go to improve their public image by tweaking their entries on Wikipedia, the online...
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The Burden of Innovation – Covalence Pharmaceutical Industry Report 2007
Pharmaceutical companies carry increasing ethical risks related to innovation, states a report released on 29 August 2007 by Geneva-based ethical reputation research firm Covalence, Covalence...
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Big drug companies raided in EU probe
European regulators raided some of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies yesterday in an inquiry into whether they conspired to keep up the price of drugs after patents expired. Pfizer,...
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Pharmas Challenged by Product Risk and Philanthropy Fatigue – Covalence...
Increased attention on product human risk and smaller media coverage of drug donations have challenged Pharmaceuticals’ ethical reputation last year, states a report published today by Geneva-based...
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Experimental breast cancer drug unethically tested on Indian women
People in developing countries run health risks from pharmaceutical companies testing drugs on them for the Western market. An Indian research report published today again shows several pharmaceutical...
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Drug Firms Say They’ll Take Closer Look at the Docs They Pay
Several of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies said they plan to tighten screening of physicians who promote their drugs after ProPublica reported last month that more than 250 of them had...
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Private and Public Partners Unite to Combat 10 Neglected Tropical Diseases by...
Today, 13 pharmaceutical companies, the U.S., U.K. and U.A.E governments, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and other global health organisations announced a new, coordinated push...
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Pharma Reputations: Managing Perceptions
Geneva-based Covalence, a company that markets the information system, EthicalQuote, has observed that pharma is not keeping pace with other industries in terms of the overall balance of global good...
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