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	<title>Crikey &#187; drug companies</title>
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		<title>Why the ban on prescription medicine ads is a joke</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/ban-on-prescription-medicine-advertising-is-a-joke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/ban-on-prescription-medicine-advertising-is-a-joke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Ad Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[direct-to-consumer advertising]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the ban on direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines, drug companies have plenty of sneaky tricks up their lab-coat sleeves to keep their products in the public eye, writes <b>Dr Agnes Vitry</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Never mind the politicians, what about funded trips for doctors?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/never-mind-the-politicians-what-about-funded-trips-for-doctors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/never-mind-the-politicians-what-about-funded-trips-for-doctors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antioxidants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[junkets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicines Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Amidst all the public angst about politicians accepting trips and other gifts, these practices continue unabated amongst the medical profession, writes <b>Melissa Sweet</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Medicines Australia: Time for a crackdown on junkets</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/30/medicines-australia-time-for-a-crackdown-on-junkets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/30/medicines-australia-time-for-a-crackdown-on-junkets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[junkets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicines Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is no reason why appropriate standards of conduct should not be enforceable for all pharmaceutical companies, writes <b>Ian Chalmers</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Drug industry fines itself $2 million</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/28/drug-industry-fines-itself-2-million/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/28/drug-industry-fines-itself-2-million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pfizer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why drug companies have little to fear from industry regulation. <b>Ray Moynihan</b> writes. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Popular bone drug may cause fractures for some women</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/23/popular-bone-drug-may-cause-fractures-for-some-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/23/popular-bone-drug-may-cause-fractures-for-some-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[osteoporosis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new study suggests that the widely used anti-osteoporosis drug, Fosamaxin, may cause fractures, rather than prevent them, writes <b>Ray Moynihan</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>How Gardasil hype undermined the PBAC</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/22/how-gardasil-hype-undermined-the-pbac/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/22/how-gardasil-hype-undermined-the-pbac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug companies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PBAC originally decided against subsidising Gardasil. Then the media stepped in, writes <b>Dr Agnes Vitry</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Breast cancer media frenzy anything but helpful</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/15/breast-cancer-media-frenzy-anything-but-helpful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/15/breast-cancer-media-frenzy-anything-but-helpful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The media may have presented an overly optimistic view of the benefits of breast cancer drug Herceptin, writes <b>Sally Crossing</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Global PR firm outed as force behind blood clot awareness campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/27/global-pr-firm-outed-as-force-behind-blood-clot-awareness-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/27/global-pr-firm-outed-as-force-behind-blood-clot-awareness-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug companies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The international PR firm Fleishman-Hillard, working with drug company money, is helping run a high-profile campaign to raise public awareness about blood clots in Australia, reports <b>Ray Moynihan</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Senior doctors “selling” drugs for $5000 a day</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/20/senior-doctors-selling-drugs-for-5000-a-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/20/senior-doctors-selling-drugs-for-5000-a-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long time drug industry insider in the United States says leading specialists can earn up to $5000 a day, for “educating” their peers on behalf of Big Pharma, writes <b>Ray Moynihan</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/18/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/18/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug company-funded guidelines in hospitals ... World Youth Day ... food pricing ... petrol ... 2020 Summit ... Harry Potter ... Indigenous Australia ... ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Public hospital “guidelines” funded by drug maker</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/17/public-hospital-guidelines-funded-by-drug-maker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/17/public-hospital-guidelines-funded-by-drug-maker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The push for widespread use of an anti-blood clot drug has been described as “scandalous,” writes <b>Ray Moynihan</b>. 
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey scoop: Queensland Uni succumbs to drug company pressure</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/04/crikey-scoop-queensland-uni-succumbs-to-drug-company-pressure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/04/crikey-scoop-queensland-uni-succumbs-to-drug-company-pressure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senior academics are outraged that the University of Queensland has asked an academic to apologise to a drug company, reports <b>Melissa Sweet</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/01/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/01/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Betfair ... Earth Hour - the good, the bad and the ugly ... surging rice prices and Cambodia ... the UN Security Council ... electoral funding in NSW ... ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In regards to the article &#8220;Drug industry reveals its daily orgy of wining and dining&#8221;, I&#8217;m not sure if you realise or not but this is not confined to the pharmaceutical market, the device companies do this too, the orthopedics market is the worst with doctors regularly demanding overseas airfares and holidays for their entire [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earth Hour ... The 2020 Summit ... Doctors and the drug industry ... Arukun and The Australian ... Rudd and Blairite spin ... Rundle on George W. Bush ... ]]></description>
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		<title>Pharmacists sign with Big Pharma to promote anti-fat drug</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/pharmacists-sign-with-big-pharma-to-promote-anti-fat-drug/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/pharmacists-sign-with-big-pharma-to-promote-anti-fat-drug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The controversial anti-fat drug Xenical has been given a new lease of life, with the announcement of a special financial arrangement between pharmacists and Swiss drug giant Roche, writes <b>Ray Moynihan</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Drug industry reveals its daily orgy of wining and dining</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/28/drug-industry-reveals-its-daily-orgy-of-wining-and-dining/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/28/drug-industry-reveals-its-daily-orgy-of-wining-and-dining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The “education” of doctors is a $60 million a year dining experience and drug companies are picking up the tab. <b>Ray Moynihan</b> reports. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to disentangle doctors and drug companies</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/18/how-to-disentangle-doctors-and-drug-companies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/18/how-to-disentangle-doctors-and-drug-companies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apart from the benefactors and beneficiaries, few will anymore try and defend the way drug companies wine and dine our doctors. Around the globe the public debate is finally moving away from what’s wrong with the duchessing of doctors, to what on earth we can do about it.]]></description>
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		<title>Time to name names at doctor-drug company nosh-ups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/02/time-to-name-names-at-doctor-drug-company-nosh-ups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/02/time-to-name-names-at-doctor-drug-company-nosh-ups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug companies will now have to disclose the details of all their wining and dining of doctors, but we still won't know the names of the doctors who attend these drug company events.]]></description>
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