Wikileaks throws a harsh spotlight on PfizerPfizer is at the centre of new Wikileaks revelations based on a leaked US embassy cable. The Guardian reports that Pfizer hired investigators to unearth evidence of corruption against the Nigerian attorney general, explains Melissa Sweet.
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The ‘unintentional’ reason why Australian babies consume GM food
The reason why Australian kids eat GM food without their parents knowing it goes back to a decision by the Howard government in 2000, and the apparent impossibility of guaranteeing GM-free food sources.
Pfizer: Here’s who we paid-off in the last six months
Pharma giant Pfizer has published details of the $35 million it doled out to doctors and research institutes for meals, travel and appearance fees in the last six months of 2009 alone.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The wage gap
Crikey readers get worked up over the wage gap between men and women, new diplomat Brendan Nelson and double dissolution. Plus, Pfizer’s official response.
Pfizer’s campaign to drug as many smokers as possible
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is running a major campaign to convince Australian smokers that they should not try to quit without taking anti-smoking medication, writes Simon Chapman.
The man who blew the whistle on Pfizer
For fraudulently promoting painkiller Bextra, drug behemoth Pfizer has had to pay out $US2.3 billion. NPR interviews ex-Pfizer sales rep turned whistleblower John Kopchinski who will now get millions under an “informer law”.
Drug industry fines itself $2 million
Why drug companies have little to fear from industry regulation. Ray Moynihan writes.
Just a hair’s breadth between them…
Hats and (toupes) off to the marketing geniuses at Advanced Hair (yeah yeah). No longer looking to Greg Matthews for inspiration, Advanced Hair have turned to the federal election to spruik their weaves: “The Battle of the Marginal Seat — John Howard and Kevin Rudd will go to any lengths to win votes”.
