Thursday, May 24, 2007

BLOGSCAN - Did Pfizer "Pre-Market" Maraviroc?

Question Authority with Dr Peter Rost has put a series of posts (here, here, and here) about allegations of questionable marketing practices by the world's largest drug company, Pfizer Inc. In particular, Pfizer is alleged to have started to market maraviroc, a treatment for HIV infection, in the US before FDA approval.

1 comment:

Peter Jones said...

Dear HCR Team,

Noting your focus the blog:

http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/

- and website introduced below may be of interest? It provides a framework to help assure comprehensive, holistic assessment and evaluation of problems, issues and solutions. Of relevance to you with its inclusion of a 'political' knowledge domain.

Originally created in the UK by Brian E Hodges (Ret.) at Manchester Metropolitan University -

Hodges' Health Career - Care Domains - Model [h2cm]

http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/

The model takes a situated and multi-contextual view across four knowledge domains:

* Interpersonal;
* Sociological;
* Empirical;
* Political.

Our links pages cover each care (knowledge) domain e.g. POLITICAL:

http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/linksIV.htm

Peter Jones
Preston
Lancashire
UK
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Hodges' Health Career - Care Domains - Model
h2cm: help 2C more - help 2 listen - help 2 care