Pfizer

Drugmakers are descending on Washington to protect their freedom to advertise meds directly to consumers and push for looser government restrictions on off-label promotion, The Wall Street Journal writes.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday issued a warning about Pfizer Inc's anti-smoking drug, Chantix, amid reports of at least one death, and suicidal thoughts and behavior linked to the medication.

On August 4 GlaxoSmithKline was forced to update its package insert for Requip, a drug used to treat restless legs syndrome (RLS) or, "jitters in the legs," which some claim isn't a real disease. What is real, is that Requip also causes "pathological gambling," and "increased libido including hypersexuality." We know this because that's what the new package insert says.

Nigeria’s biggest state is suing the world’s largest drugs company, Pfizer, for allegedly using 200 children as “guinea pigs” in a 1996 drug test which ended in several deaths.