http://menstruationresearch.org/2009/08/05/big-pharma-uses-ghostwriters-to-promote-hrt/ Blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:58:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://menstruationresearch.org/2009/08/05/big-pharma-uses-ghostwriters-to-promote-hrt/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Elizabeth Kissling Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:28:25 +0000 http://menstruationresearch.org/?p=242#comment-15 We now know for sure that ghostwriters have been used in medical journal articles for all kinds of pharmaceutical products, Leslie. Did you see this recent piece in the <em>New York Times</em>, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/business/11ghost.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">Ghostwriting Is Called Rife in Medical Journals</a>? Apparently some editors are now trying to take a stand: <a href="http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000156" rel="nofollow">PLoS Medicine published an editorial</a>, and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/business/18ghost.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">this piece ran in the <em>New York Times</em> on Thursday</a>. We now know for sure that ghostwriters have been used in medical journal articles for all kinds of pharmaceutical products, Leslie. Did you see this recent piece in the New York Times, Ghostwriting Is Called Rife in Medical Journals? Apparently some editors are now trying to take a stand: PLoS Medicine published an editorial, and this piece ran in the New York Times on Thursday.

]]> http://menstruationresearch.org/2009/08/05/big-pharma-uses-ghostwriters-to-promote-hrt/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Leslie Botha Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:44:51 +0000 http://menstruationresearch.org/?p=242#comment-9 Not only did Big Pharma hire Ghostwriters for HRT - but they also did it for Gardasil. So if they have done it for these two products - one can assume that ghostwriters have written about other products as well. Not only did Big Pharma hire Ghostwriters for HRT – but they also did it for
Gardasil. So if they have done it for these two products – one can assume that
ghostwriters have written about other products as well.

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