Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Paxil on Trial

I am going to check into this book, found a reference to it on the pharmalot blog.

"Alison Bass has put on trial in her book far more than just a bestselling antidepressant--she has used the case of Paxil to expose the unsavory and self-serving relationships among members of the pharmaceutical industry, psychiatrists, and members of the FDA. And she does it in a book that has the brio of a crime thriller...." -The New England Journal of Medicine

http://www.alison-bass.com/


Here is another current tidbit related to the antidepressant, Paxil and unsavory behavior.

Among the 30 or so physicians at two dozen universities that the Senate Finance Committee is probing concerning disclosure of grants from drugmakers is Martin Keller, a psychiatrist at Brown University who is a controversial figure for his role in studying Glaxo's Paxil antidepressant. The committee, according to sources familiar with the investigation, sent a letter to Brown as part of its investigation. We are awaiting a reply from Brown and will update you shortly.

http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/07/grassley-targets-browns-keller-over-grants/

http://snipurl.com/2zgd1

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