The pharmaceutical industry is no stranger to dirty tricks and shady dealings in a bid to keep its customers coming back time and again. Although they would prefer to call it “just doing business”.
Indeed shifting patients from a soon-to-go-off-patent blockbuster, to its tweaked successor is old hat in the pharma biz.
Ever since drugmakers figured out [...]
Although generic modafinil has been available for some time from one or two pharmacies, the rest of the industry is now up in arms over what its calling the “Cephalon conspiracy”, in which the US drug manufacturer is accused of striking a $200 million deal to keep generic drug makers away from Provigil.
Cephalon conspired with [...]
A Facebook group which is aimed at answering questions regarding Cephalon’s Provigil/Modafinil anti-narcolepsy drug is proving popular with consumers who have been prescribed other stimulants such as Ritalin, but who would prefer to use Provigil/Modafinil. A drug which has a far more benign effect on the human dopamine receptors.
Ritalin is a heavily prescribed (and even [...]
Advocates say they are an irresistible way of improving students’ performance. Critics argue they are a dangerous fad. Jeremy Laurance explores the debate.
In the middle of the exam season, the offer of a drug that could improve results might excite students but would be likely to terrify their parents.
Now, a distinguished professor of bioethics says [...]