Events Tagged: "pharmaceuticals"

FDA Deregulation - FDA issues new guidelines making direct-to-consumer advertising less burdensome, removing major barriers to TV and radio pharmaceutical advertising

Medical community begins recognizing ADHD in adults, creating 'second wave' of prescriptions

The human genome project advances, spurring pharmaceutical and biomaterials development

Breaking UN Agreement: First major violation as brand-name ADHD drug ads appear in women's magazines and cable TV

Eli Lilly & Company develops capacity to produce LSD in 'tonnage quantities'

Prescription rates climb to over 35 million (from 5 million in 1991)

Systematic Physician Influence Campaign begins: 592,000 payments totaling $20 million to physicians prescribing stimulants (2013-2018)

COVID-19 crisis - German pharmaceutical companies profit while US economy suffers