Rules on patient privacy force companies to seek new ways to distribute samples and information

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Now that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act has taken effect, doctors may no longer share information about patients with marketers. Physicians may ask patients to provide personal information to marketers on an opt-in basis. This method appears to be working, with temporary, minor ailments producing better opt-in results, as consumers seek out free merchandise in the form of marketers' samples and discount coupons.

Public affairs, Ethics, Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations, Ethical aspects, Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy, Medical records, Patients' rights

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F.D.A. Panel Votes Against Sale of Statins Over Counter

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While a Food and Drug Administration Advisory Panel voted against recommending the over-the-counter sale of Mevacor, a popular and well-established cholesterol-lowering drug, Merck and Johnson & Johnson plan to keep on trying to win approval.

Alliances, partnerships, Johnson & Johnson, Alliances and partnerships, JNJ, Merck & Company Inc., Statins, Mevacor (Medication)

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Pfizer to Halt Its Advertising Of Celebrex To Consumers

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Pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. will stop advertising the pain reliever Celebrex. The company already spent over $71 million advertising Celebrex, which has been shown to increase the risk of heart attacks.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Product defects and recalls, Complications and side effects, Pfizer Inc., COX-2 inhibitors, PFE, Celebrex (Medication)

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