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Pill makers rushing to push risks of buying drugs abroad

The Daily News of Los Angeles Consumer advocates agree, except on the issue of agendas. Jerry Flanagan, a lead advocate at the nonprofit FTCR, said Amgen…

Prop 71’s Stem Cell Oversight Committee Rife With Conflicts of Interest

ZIP code changes expected in ’08 Decision to affect Thousand Oaks, neighborhoods

Ventura County Star (California) December 30, 2007 by Rachel McGrath, Correspondent ZIP...

ZIP code changes expected in ’08 Decision to affect Thousand Oaks, neighborhoods

Ventura County Star (California) Consumer advocate Carmen Balber, from the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, said this illustrates a need for more openness…

Corporate leaders’ compensation can include many extras that don’t count as income — Do perks really work?

Ventura County Star (California) Carmen Balber, consumer advocate with the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica, said the perk system in general is…

PRESCRIBING CAUTION: From Wall Street, a Warning About Cancer-Drug Prices;

Morgan Stanley Analyst Creates Stir in Industry As He Sees a BacklashThe Wall Street Journal In the spring of last year, a taxpayer group in California…

Stem cells’ tangled web;

Committee charged with overseeing state-funded research is already wading through political, financial and legal muck.The Orange County Register (California) Jerry Flanagan, an advocate with the Foundation…

Financier to Lead Institute on Stem Cells

The New York Times Some board members have been criticized for their ties to large biotechnological and pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Amgen. Jerry Flanagan, an…

Arnold’s Own Rx Express

Arnold's $350,000 trip to the GOP convention in New York is being paid for in part by the pharmaceutical industry, including Abbot Labs, Amgen and Pfizer.…

Drug Makers Spend Big To Fight California Price Control Referendum

The industry is expected to pour $100 million into an effort to squash the November ballot initiative Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton give drug makers the…

Health Industry Lobbyists Hosted At Least 130 Fundraisers For Members Of Congressional Health Committees This Year

$30M in Industry Money Clouding Debate, Says Consumer Watchdog Washington, D.C. -- The health care industry and its lobbyists have hosted at least 130 fundraisers this…

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Consumer Watchdog Campaign: California Moms Whose Kids Depend On Mylan’s EpiPen Condemn Deceptive TV Ads Against Prop 61

Santa Monica, CA – After news broke Friday that Mylan must pay $465 million for overcharging Medicaid for the EpiPen, mothers whose children rely on the…