The Top 50 Pharmaceutical News and Research Blogs

Industry News

1. Business Week’s Pharmaceutical Industry Blog – This blog features news and insights on the pharmaceutical industry.
2. Consumer Reports Health and Prescription Drugs Blog – One of the most trusted sources in consumer advocacy, Consumer Reports updates its blog with pharmaceutical and health care news.
3. Internet Drug News – Daily updates on pharmaceutical news and information.
4. The Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog – The WSJ’s blog about “health and the business of health.”
5. Rx Times – News and information about pharmacy as well as a listing of pharmacy jobs.
6. Seeking Alpha: Biotech Sector – Pharmaceutical news and investment advice in Seeking Alpha’s Biotech Sector stock section.
7. Pharma Marketing Blog – Pharmaceutical industry and advertising news and opinion.
8. Pharma’s Cutting Edge – The cutting edge of biotech and pharmaceutical news from Pharma Growth Strategies, LLC,
9. Pharmaceutical – Life Sciences – Industry Services, Globalization and Consultants – Larry Rothman blogs about the bottom line focus of pharmaceutical companies and the effect globalization has on them.
10. BNET Pharma News – Pharmacy news and analysis by Jim Edwards.
11. Furious Seasons – Consumer and industry news in medicine and health care.
12. The Prescription Project’s PostScript Blog – An ongoing blog on pharmaceutical news with a legal perspective.
13. Pharma Blog Review – Chris Truelove brings a bit of wit to the pharmacy and medicine company-geared blog.
14. Fierce Pharma – “The pharma industry’s daily monitor, with a special focus on pharmaceutical company news and the market development of FDA approved products.”
15. The Pharma Compliance Blog: Your Space. For Your Space. – A blog dedicated to anonymous exchanges between the public and compliance companies in the pharmaceutical industry.
16. Pharma Strategy Blog – Sally Church blogs on how pharmacy companies can market products ethically and make a difference in health care.
17. The IN VIVO Blog – “Home of daily commentary on recent developments in biopharmaceutical business development, R&D, financing, marketing, and policy.”
18. Pharmaceutical Blog – An informational blog on pharmaceutical and medical research as well as new treatments and advice for diseases and conditions.
19. Med Ad News Insider – Advertising and industry news from PharmaLive.
20. R&D Directions Insider – News on the pharmaceutical world and what disease prevention means for consumers.

Insider Perspectives

1. Scientific Misconduct – Dr. Aubrey Blumsohn explores the pharmaceutical industry’s “curious incidents” that may be more than meets the eye.
2. The Angry Pharmacist – Rants and raves from a pharmacist that has seen and experienced nearly everything.
3. In the Pipeline – Derek Lowe, a major player in the pharmaceutical industry since 1989, comments on news and studies in the pharmaceutical industry and medicinal ethics quandaries.
4. Pharmed Out – An independent and publicly funded project to encourage doctors to report and put a stop to unethical pharmaceutical promotions and marketing practices.
5. Hooked: Ethics, Medicine and Pharma – Musings on medicinal ethics from Howard Brody, the director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities.
6. Jim Edwards’ NRx – Stories on the pharmaceutical industry that have yet to receive major news coverage by Jim Edwards.
7. Pharm-Land – A blog, or self-named aggregator, based on revealing news and updates that may be unflattering to the pharmaceutical industry as well as patients.
8. Pharmacist Daily – Current information for anyone considering a career in pharmacy and discussions on the trials and tribulations pharmacists endure daily.
9. Pharmacy. Jim Plagakis. Pharmacist. – Jim Plagakis blogs on the life and times of a pharmacist.
10. Pharmacist’s Place – A pharmacy student shares experiences from training to become a professional as well as issues that those in the pharmacy profession face on a day-to-day basis.
11. Med Mal Lawyers Blog – This blog designed specifically for lawyers who handle pharmaceutical lawsuits along with relevant updates on laws that affect big pharma.
12. Pharm Exec Blog – Global news for pharmacy executives and companies.

Research

1. Drug Wonks – The Center for Medicine in the Public Interest’s blog on drug policy and news in the biotech industry.
2. Prime Inc. Pharmacist Case Studies – Major coverage of medical and pharmaceutical case studies.
3. The eDrug Search Blog – A trusted source for pharmaceutical news and information on pharmaceutical drugs.
4. Pharmacy Technology Resource – A pharmaceutical blog for retail and independent pharmacies on the best of the best in pharmaceutical technology.
5. Medical Humanities Blog – A blog on medical humanities research and news from Daniel Goldberg, a PhD student in medical humanities at the University of Texas.

Consumer Advocates

1. Eye on the FDA – A blog dedicated simply to keeping a watch on the FDA for consumers and promoting government accountability within the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry.
2. Medical Consumerism – Members of the Medical Consumerism Seminar at the University of Minnesota cross-examine business and medicine.
3. Pharma Gossip – Updated daily and extremely resourceful on what is being said in the pharmaceutical industry. Feel free to gossip about the pharm big wigs here.
4. Drug Injury Watch – Lawyer and blogger Tom Lamb reports on prescription error and how to prevent injury from drug interactions and side effects.
5. Pharmacy Degrees – Required reading for all drug representatives who give samples to doctors.
6. Black Triangle – A consumer education blog on pharmaceutical news and research in the UK maintained by Anthony Cox.
7. Prescription Access Litigation Project – A blog by Prescription Access that covers recent litigation and government legislature to educate consumers and increase industry accountability.
8. Pharmacy Error Injury Lawyer Blog – Lebowitz and Mzhen, LLC. Blog give advice and report the latest news on how to prevent prescription and pharmacist errors.
9. Healthy Skepticism – Consumer advocates for the reform of pharmaceutical drug promotion and misleading information being put out by the companies.
10. Alliance for Human Research Protection – A blog dedicated to protecting the rights of human research testing.
11. Health Care Renewal – A blog based on the renewal of healthcare and the abuse of power in the healthcare industry.
12. A Healthy Blog: Prescription Drug Reform – News and the latest research on healthcare and prescription drug reform from Health Care for All.
13. Put Pharmacy First – A blog calling for the reform of retail pharmacy practices. Check in for updates on news and consumer advocacy about once a month.

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