This is an archive of the Selling Sickness 2013 conference, held in Washington DC in February 2013. It is preserved as a record and is no longer updated.

Selling Sickness 2013 — People Before Profits

Presentations

Final presentations are now available for download.   Final presentations are organized by day, session, and name.  Missing presentations will be added as soon as we receive them from the speakers.

THURSDAY, 2/21

Opening Keynote:  Sidney M. Wolfe (opens in a new tab)
Roundtable: Whistleblowers and Selling Sickness: Roy Poses (opens in a new tab), Allen Jones, David Ross, Rosemary Johann-Liang, and Nancy Olivieri, Moderator
Roundtable:Researchers and Scientists:   Marc-Andre Gagnon (opens in a new tab), Celia Wexler UCS (opens in a new tab), Patricia McGettigan, and Joel Lexchin (opens in a new tab)
Panel: Controversies:Peter Doshi (opens in a new tab), Rachel Liebert (opens in a new tab), Jeffrey Lacasse, and Jeremy Gruber (opens in a new tab)
Panel: Patient Narratives: From Grief to Action: Sara Bostock (opens in a new tab), Dan Walter, John Fratti (opens in a new tab), and Helen Haskell
Roundtable: Women's Health Movement (opens in a new tab), Harriet Rosenberg, Chair.
Workshop: The Good Press Release Guide:  Margaret McCartney (opens in a new tab)
Panel: The Disease Mongering of Aging:  Dee Mangin (opens in a new tab), Meika Loe (opens in a new tab), Bob Rosenblatt, and Johanna Trimble (opens in a new tab)
Workshop: Selling HPV, Promises, Profits, and Problems, Genevieve Rail (opens in a new tab)
Panel: Problems with Routine Screening: Peter Goetzsche (opens in a new tab), Warren Bell (opens in a new tab), and Alan Cassels (opens in a new tab).
Panel: Hijacking "Patient Empowerment":  Celia Wexler Moderator (opens in a new tab), John Powers (opens in a new tab), Rosemary Gibson (opens in a new tab), and Thea Cacchioni (opens in a new tab)
Panel: Research on Reforming Conflicts of Interest: Rachel Hendrick, Alison Bass, Adrienne Shnier (opens in a new tab), and Kelly Holloway
Panel: New Directions in Disease Mongering:  Vasily Vlassov (opens in a new tab), Barbara Martinez (opens in a new tab), and Rajani Bhatia
Symposium: Medicalization of the Menstrual Cycle (opens in a new tab):  Margaret Stubbs, Chair.
Evening Program: Selling Sickness Popcorn Showcase (opens in a new tab)*
* Some links in the PDF are expired as of October 2026.

FRIDAY, 2/22

Opening Keynote: Jim Guest (opens in a new tab)
Roundtable: Medical News (opens in a new tab), Gary Schwitzer, Chair
Roundtable: Legal Issues: Paul Thacker, Chair. Michael Baum, Vera Hassner Sharav (opens in a new tab), Wells Wilkinson, and Joseph Glenmullen.
Panel: Corruption:  Leemon McHenry (opens in a new tab), Carol Tavris (opens in a new tab), Lisa Cosgrove, and Bijan Esfandiari (opens in a new tab)
Panel: Legislative Roles of the States vs. Federal Government:  Bill Vaughan (opens in a new tab), Sharon Treat (opens in a new tab), and Jean Rexford.
Panel: Independent Resources for Journalists, Health Professionals and Consumers:  Kim Klausner (opens in a new tab), David Healy (opens in a new tab), Marshall Allen and Jorg Schaaber (opens in a new tab)
Workshop: What your Doctors Don't Know: Why Let Drug Companies Own the Data? John Abramson.
Workshop: Finding Allies. Patty Skolnik and Pat Mastors.
Workshop: Challenging the Obesity Paradigm. Ashley Kasardo and Lydia Stallard.
Panel: Update on Pharma Marketing Strategies:  Barbara Mintzes (opens in a new tab), Teresa Leonardo Alves (opens in a new tab), Judy Segal and Kari Tikkinen (opens in a new tab)
Symposium: Fighting Disease Mongering with Evidence to Protect Women's Health:  National Women's Health Network-Amy Allina, Kate Ryan (opens in a new tab)
Symposium: Choosing Wisely (opens in a new tab)
Call to Action on Disease Mongering
Panel: New Forms of Risk: Lynda Ross, Jean Daniel Jacob (opens in a new tab), and Nayantara Sheoran
Panel: Medical Problems vs Cultural Norms: Caren Shapiro, Lindy McDougall (opens in a new tab) and Georganne Chapin.

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