MOVING OUT OF THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE AND INTO THE STORM A lot has changed since Shawn’s last presentation at Total Health 2013. Not only is Health Canada in the throes of full enforcement of the NHP Regulations; recent months have seen the introduction of Bill C-17 (“Vanessa’s Law”) as well as media reports, carrying few actual details, about CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement). Shawn asks...Read More

CTV reported this week on the dangers of Pradaxa, as news broke of the first Canadian family to sue the drug’s makers. On the market in Canada since 2008, this blood-thinning medication has no known antidote and ER doctors in the US have been sounding alarm bells for some time. Dr W Gifford-Jones wrote an article mentioning Pradaxa in...Read More

NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE SPENT BILLIONS STOCKPILING ANTIVIRAL DRUGS. CANADA ALONE SPENT ALMOST $200 MILLION. These decisions were made without access to approximately half of the clinical data available to the manufacturers. In a report titled Tamiflu’s effectiveness questioned CBC’s The National covers an independent analysis of reports on antiviral drugs which have not...Read More

FORMER GSK SALES REPRESENTATIVE TELLS BBC’S PANORAMA THAT DOCTORS WERE PAID TO BOOST PRESCRIPTIONS. The UK-based drug company, which has faced claims of corruption in China and Iraq, has been accused over its alleged behaviour in Poland. READ THE STORY HERE. Last year, a July 2013 CBC headline read: GlaxoSmithKline pledges reform after China bribery scandal.Read More

SHAWN BUCKLEY’S ARTICLE IN APRIL’S EDITION OF VITALITY MAGAZINE IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE Shawn’s keynote topics for 2014 include CETA, Bill C-17 and our diminishing access to impartial courts. “The store shelves are full, but are things truly rosy? If you depend on a product that is no longer available, or if you depend on...Read More