FTC Report on Drug Patent Settlements Shows Potential Pay-for-Delay Deals...
In the year after the Supreme Court’s landmark antitrust decision in FTC v. Actavis, pharmaceutical companies entered into substantially fewer potential pay-for-delay patent dispute settlements,...
View ArticleThe Influence of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Health Warning Labels on Parents’...
A new study published in Pediatrics found that health warning labels on sugar-sweetened beverages improved parents’ understanding of health harms associated with overconsumption of such beverages and...
View ArticleNew Report on Dangerous Regulatory Duet
“Regulatory cooperation” is set to be at the heart of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which is currently under negotiation between the European Union and the US. A new report...
View ArticleTrade groups to top corporations: Resist political disclosure
The Center for Public Integrity reports that three of the nation’s leading trade associations have a message for their member corporations: Resist activists who demand you disclose more details about...
View ArticleAfter being investigated over tainted cookies, food industry giant settles...
The Orange County Register reports that Mondelez International, formerly known as Kraft Foods, has settled a state investigation into claims the food industry giant sold ginger snap cookies in...
View ArticleThe Potential Impact of a “No-Buy” List on Youth Exposure to Alcohol...
This article by CS Ross , RD Brewer and DH Jernigan appears in the January 2016 issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to outline a method to...
View ArticleSurvey claims most gun owners would buy smart guns
The gun industry is at odds with what they term an editorial piece by the Bloomberg School of Public Health on personalized firearms that use technology to prevent unauthorized access, writes Guns.com....
View ArticleTop 10 branded processed food companies have lost 4% of market share in past...
The top 10 branded processed food companies in the US have lost 4% of their market share in the past five years as smaller, more innovative brands have seized the initiative, says Rabobank, a...
View ArticleTheranos Lab Practices Pose Risk to Patient Health, Regulators Say
Federal inspectors found “deficient practices” at a Theranos Inc. laboratory that “pose immediate jeopardy to patient health and safety,” according a letter released last week, reports the Wall Street...
View ArticleJudge Criticizes Cigarette Makers, Adopts New Warning Statements
The Wall Street Journal reports that the federal judge presiding over government litigation against tobacco companies in a Monday opinion blasted cigarette makers for continuing to fight her court...
View ArticleTrading Down: Unemployment, Inequality and Other Risks of the Trans-Pacific...
Adverse impacts of the Trans Pacific Partnership on public health have been well documented but how might the pact affect regional and global economies? A new report “Trading Down: Unemployment,...
View ArticleCarbonating the World
A new report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest shows how two major global soft-drink producers, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, have sought to maintain their profits in the face of declining...
View ArticleIndia introduces car sales tax to combat pollution
The Guardian reports that India has introduced a new tax on car sales aimed at helping fight high levels of air pollution and congestion. The surprise move, announced by the finance minister, Arun...
View ArticleDoes the FDA now belong to Big Pharma?
In Salon, Martha Rosenberg writes that it is hard to believe only four senators opposed the confirmation of Robert Califf, who was approved today as the next FDA commissioner. Vocal opponent Bernie...
View ArticleFood companies distort nutrition science. Here’s how to stop them.
In Vox, Julia Belluz writes about Marion Nestle’s compilation of food industry research studies. About a year ago, Marion Nestle finally got sick of the rotten state of nutrition science. Everywhere...
View ArticleLessons from California’s Gun Control Movement
One state’s successful movement against the gun lobby provides lessons for advocates working on public safety and health issues in other states. Read a case study of California’s gun control movement...
View ArticleInsufficient tobacco tax increase proposals undermine public health
In response to proposed plans that inadequately increase Missouri’s lowest-in-the-nation tobacco tax, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, and several other...
View ArticleThe First Amendment And Pharmaceutical Promotion
In Health Affairs, Jerry Avorn from Harvard Medical School writes, “traditionally, communication about medications has been granted a privileged status different from that accorded to other forms of...
View Article7 Corporate Giants Accused of Evading Billions in Taxes
It’s tax season—and that’s apt for companies who are under the microscope of European tax authorities, writes Fortune. In February, reports emerged that the European Commission is considering a...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom Proposes Soda Tax in Ongoing Fight against Obesity
Last October, writes Take Part, a “social action platform for the conscious consumer”, British Prime Minister David Cameron addressed the question of a soda tax in the United Kingdom, where more than a...
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