Pharma-Government Conflicts of Interest Exposed
Conflicts of interest are rampant and easily made public in doctor-pharmaceutical relationships, however, they stay a little more hidden for industry and federal agencies. While it is inevitable that big pharma be present in public health agencies as individual leaders bounce from organization to organization—meanwhile maintaining past relationships, roles and…
Drugs of Abuse Targeted for Future Vaccines
More and more, vaccine strategists are targeting drugs of abuse, like cocaine, heroin and nicotine. The science behind the vaccines is to generate antibodies that bind with the drug of abuse in the bloodstream and prevent it from reaching the brain to begin psychoactivity. Many of these vaccines are already in pre-clinical testing, while others are still being dreamed…
