Dr. Drew Pinsky – well-known as TV and radio host “Dr. Drew” – is dealing with criticism after court records revealed that he took $275,000 from GlaxoSmithKline for “services for Wellbutrin.”
GlaxoSmithKline recently agreed to a $3 billion settlement — the largest ever involving a pharmaceutical company – over the federal government’s charges that the company illegally marketed some of its medications.
Prosecutors allege that the British pharmaceutical giant’s tactics included paying ...
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The $3 billion fine recently leveled against GlaxoSmithKline is the largest settlement ever involving a pharmaceutical company. But in light of the enormous profits that the British pharmaceutical giant brings in, some critics wonder whether even that will be enough to dissuade companies from engaging in dangerous fraud.
In a piece for the Wall Street Journal, writer Katherine Sharpe argues that antidepressants are overprescribed in the United States, and discusses the challenges that face a growing segment of population – young people who have no conception of who they are when they aren’t on antidepressants.
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer of New York is calling for a nationwide effort to combat the problem of babies born addicted to prescription painkillers or other opiates, known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS).
Women are more likely than males to take antidepressants, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
