Adriane Fugh-BermanPosts by Adriane Fugh-BermanBioethics Forum EssayMasks Are Not Created EqualFinally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working on developing standards for masks to see which ones actually block viruses. In the meantime, though, we should all be acting on what we do know about the effectiveness of various masks against Covid.Read Masks Are Not Created EqualBioethics Forum EssayLet the Sun Shine into the Medical Ivory TowerIn 2012, I coauthored a case report about the successful use of dietary supplements in treating a case of male infertility in the American Family Physician. Before it was published,...Read Let the Sun Shine into the Medical Ivory TowerBioethics Forum EssayAddyi Rises AgainAddyi, a drug that made a splash when it was approved in the summer of 2015 as the first “female Viagra,” is back. Its rise, fall, and rise again is...Read Addyi Rises AgainBioethics Forum EssayFentanyl at Your Door: Who are Pain Groups Advocating For?In February, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) published a report that revealed the unsettling relationship between opioid manufacturers and pain advocacy groups. Focusing on five opioid manufacturers, Purdue, Janssen, Depomed, Insys,...Read Fentanyl at Your Door: Who are Pain Groups Advocating For?Bioethics Forum EssayThe Score is EvenThree years ago, a small pharmaceutical company with a big agenda created a fake feminist group so that they could get a bad drug approved by the Food and Drug...Read The Score is EvenBioethics Forum EssayEpiPens and the Sale of FearOn September 21, Heather Bresch, CEO of Mylan, took heat at a Congressional hearing about high EpiPen prices. EpiPens are definitely overpriced – but they are also overprescribed. An EpiPen is...Read EpiPens and the Sale of FearBioethics Forum EssayDeceptive Market Practices in the Marketplace of IdeasOver the last four decades, conservative think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation, American Enterprise Institute, Cato Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Hoover Institute, and Manhattan Institute have dominated the public...Read Deceptive Market Practices in the Marketplace of IdeasRelated PostsBioethics Forum EssayMasked Marketing: Pharmaceutical Company Funding of ADHD Patient Advocacy GroupsIn 1971, the United Nations passed a resolution prohibiting its member nations from advertising psychotropic drugs to the general public. More than 40 years later, this resolution has done little...Read Masked Marketing: Pharmaceutical Company Funding of ADHD Patient Advocacy GroupsBioethics Forum EssayEpiPen Furor: Patient Groups Take Money, Stay MumThe furor around the price of an EpiPen has exposed the contradictions of patient advocacy groups with funding from the pharmaceutical industry. EpiPens contain epinephrine, an oldie-but-goodie, inexpensive generic drug...Read EpiPen Furor: Patient Groups Take Money, Stay MumOur TeamAdriane Fugh-BermanAdriane Fugh-Berman, M.D., is the director of PharmedOut, a Georgetown University Medical Center project that advances evidence- based prescribing and educates health care professionals about pharmaceutical marketing practices.Read Adriane Fugh-Berman
