Committee Investigates Ad Tactics for Lipitor
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A Congressional committee wants information about people who might have served as stunt doubles for Dr. Robert Jarvik in televised ads.
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A Senate committee is scheduled to  take action next week on President George W. Bush's pick to  head the Food and Drug Administration, the panel's chairman  said on Wednesday.
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A U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Monday it was probing Pfizer Inc  advertisements that feature heart specialist Robert Jarvik pitching its blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel on Friday was divided over whether current data warrant changes to drug-coated heart stent labels for their use in patients with more medical complications unapproved for the device.
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Are drug companies using deceptive marketing? Connecticut is investigating.
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Strange stirrings at advertising broker
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U.S. regulators said on Friday they would review a study showing a Merck and Schering-Plough cholesterol drug worked no better than a generic in preventing the build-up of arterial plaque.
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Some want tighter control of ads, in part to stem overuse of pills.
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Pfizer Inc. , the world's largest drug company, is using the results of a study it sponsored to persuade doctors to switch patients to pricier doses of its blockbuster drug, Lipitor . And according to the latest sales figures, the marketing pitch is working.
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Pharmaceutical and advertising industry lobbyists who thwarted attempts in the Senate to rein in drug advertising now turn their attention to the House of Representatives, which is scheduled to take up legislation to overhaul the Food and Drug Administration today.
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Yesterday Proctor &amp; Gamble&#39;s (NYSE: PG) Intrinsa went in front of the FDA&#39;s Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs.
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Anonymous messages posted on a Web site raise questions about the handling of data on a Merck &amp; Co Inc  and Schering-Plough Corp  cholesterol drug, two House of Representatives Democrats said on Monday.
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When a congressional committee holds a hearing next Wednesday, the subject will be the safety of the diabetes drug Avandia and whether federal drug regulators have paid close enough attention to its potential risks.
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The issue of drug advertising directly aimed at consumers is becoming political.
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U.S. consumers spent more money on the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor -- more than $9 billion -- than any other prescription drug in 2004, according to federal estimates released on Wednesday.
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An outside panel of health experts will examine whether drug-coated stents used to prop open coronary arteries can produce sometimes fatal blood clots, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
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While an FDA committee reviewing Procter &amp; Gamble&#39;s testosterone patch for women didn&#39;t say no last week, it clearly said, &quot;Slow.