By DUFF WILSON --- The New York Times
Wyeth, the pharmaceutical company, paid ghostwriters to produce medical journal
articles favorable to its female hormone replacement therapy Prempro, according to
Congressional letters seeking more information about the company’s involvement in
medical ghostwriting. At least one article was published even after a federal study found
the drug raised the risk of breast cancer.
The letters, sent electronically Friday by Senator Charles E. Grassley, ask Wyeth and
DesignWrite, a medical writing firm, to disclose payments related to the preparation of
journal articles and the activities of doctors who were recruited to put their names on
them for publication. Click here for the rest of the article....
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