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A drugmaker used “The Wizard of Oz” to sell OxyContin
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Tony Wagner
Dec 15, 2017
In an internal sales document, Purdue told sales reps to “follow the yellow brick road” and get doctors to prescribe the opioid.
FDA statement on The Uncertain Hour's OxyContin episode
Dec 13, 2017
FDA spokesman Michael Felberbaum provided Marketplace with this statement in response to The Uncertain Hour’s investigation into the agency and Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin. The goal when developing a drug label is to include the necessary information about a drug’s safety and efficacy so that trained physicians can use this information and their medical expertise […]
Purdue Pharma statement on The Uncertain Hour's OxyContin episode
Dec 13, 2017
Purdue Pharma spokesman Robert Josephson provided Marketplace with this statement in response to questions from The Uncertain Hour about OxyContin, the company, and its relationship with the FDA. The company’s responses are published in full below. Purdue Pharma L.P. Response December 12, 2017 1. Why did Purdue not do any clinical studies to back up the […]
How one sentence helped set off the opioid crisis
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Caitlin Esch
Dec 13, 2017
Recently unsealed documents shed light on how the maker of OxyContin seems to have relied more on focus groups than on scientific studies to create an aggressive and misleading marketing campaign that helped fuel the national opioid epidemic.
What the economy of Artemis can tell us about life on Earth
Nov 28, 2017
Sci-fi writer Andy Weir predicts the future of space travel using today's air travel data.
You can write the government, but who's listening?
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Tony Wagner
Nov 22, 2017
Bureaucrats are always looking for your comments on new rules. Here's how it works.
For public good, not for profit.
Everything you didn't know you didn't know about peanut butter
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Tony Wagner
Nov 17, 2017
Is that jar of brown mush in your cupboard natural? Do you have to stir it? Ever wondered why?
Songs of struggle, then and now
Nov 15, 2017
There's an incredible history of protest songs in American political history, so we made you a playlist.
The gaming industry's rise to the top
Nov 9, 2017
A listener (kind of) stumped Molly with this question on Make Me Smart's Explainathon.