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		<title>Pharma Companies that Can&#8217;t Handle Comments Should Get Off Facebook, Good Riddance!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan at Dose of Digital talks about pharma&#8217;s fear of Facebook pages centering around 2 issues that pharma thinks require 24/7 monitoring: Adverse Events and negative publicity. I hear the same excuse on why pharma companies are so scared to look at patient comments on blogs: adverse events. I&#8217;m sorry, but adverse events are happening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Pretending You Don&#8217;t Know, Pharma Companies!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 17:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remembered years ago I was speaking to a Forest employee who told me how proud she was to be working at Forest because of how ethical the company and the CEO was. That same employee was critical of me for talking to the WSJ about some of the less ethical practices that pharma companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would You Cancel a Surgery if Your Surgeon is Getting a Kick-Back?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 21:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Chin, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The specific question is about getting kickbacks as a surgeon using a medical device, and was originally asked on Quora. The explanation to the question (posted by the asker) said, &#8220;The department of justice has investigated conflicts of interest, and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette has published on the topic. To quote from the gazette: Payments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Has to Slow Down to Keep Up with Drug Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Chin, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Woodruff is hopping mad with the apparent gross inefficiency and indecision of the &#8220;guidance process&#8221; for pharma company promotional practices when it comes to social media, and I can&#8217;t blame him! But I&#8217;m on the FDA&#8217;s side this time. Let me say up front that I never liked how the FDA remains vague and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OIG&#8217;s Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Chin, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Walsh probably isn&#8217;t going to be featuring these on his &#8220;Most Wanted&#8221; show, but these criminals are on OIG&#8217;s Most Wanted for defrauding the government (and tax payers like you and me) out of millions of dollars by submitting false claims for services or goods (motorized wheelchairs seem to be a popular vehicle). These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Can Fall Victim to Healthcare Fraud!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think &#8220;Healthcare Fraud&#8221; happens only with big drug companies with shady sales and marketing practices? Think again! The next big wave of healthcare fraud is being perpetuated to average people &#8211; it&#8217;s called Medical Identity Theft. That&#8217;s right&#8230; healthcare and insurance benefits are as valuable as cash &#8211; in some cases even more valuable than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teva Canadian MS Community: No Win for the Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Chin, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teva is closing its community forum from its Canadian multiple sclerosis education website because of Canadian healthcare regulations around dissemination of information relating to prescription drugs. You&#8217;ll read the explanation if you visit the Teva MS website, but keep reading for the crux of the situation: I have to agree with Teva&#8217;s decision because it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Side Are You Really On, Jane Chin?!</title>
		<link>http://www.nakedmedicine.com/which-side-are-you-really-on-jane-chin</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Chin, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received what is probably the most passionate email from a reader of this blog that I&#8217;ve ever gotten since creating NakedMedicine.com in 2006. The email concludes with this: I can&#8217;t figure out what your agenda is Ms Chin. Are siding with the poor hard working physicians who are fighting a losing battle with their [...]]]></description>
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