| Dan Barreiro - Radio Interview | ||
| Dan talks with Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau about the relationship between doctors and pharmaceutical reps. | ||
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| Big Pharma Courts Doctors | ||
| A recent report from the Journal of the American Medical Association highlighted the extent of drug company payments to doctors. CBS News interviewed filmmaker Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau about her experiences as a drug sales rep, and how gifts and payments to doctors influenced prescribing habits. | ||
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| Doctors’ Ties to Drug Makers Are Put on Close View | ||
| Side Effects director and writer Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau speaks about being a Pharmaceutical Sales Rep. Article by Gardiner Harris and Janet Roberts. | ||
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| Abundant Health Hour - Radio Interview | ||
| An interview with Side Effects director and writer Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau. | ||
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| Side Effects - The Movie | ||
| ...The movie was cute, funny, well done, hard hitting, and right on the mark. It stars Katherine Heigl from Grey's Anatomy. | ||
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| Medical / Holistic Communities Applaud Side Effects | ||
| Based on filmmakers Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau's decade of experience working as a drug sales rep, "Side Effects" examines the pill-pushing tactics of the pharmaceutical industry's leading companies. | ||
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| Side Effects' Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | ||
| How one woman managed to write, direct and produce her own movie ... and take Hollywood by storm. An cover story and article from Anew magazine. | ||
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| Drug Makers Pay for Lunch as They Pitch | ||
| Anyone who thinks there is no such thing as a free lunch has never visited 3003 New Hyde Park Road, a four-story medical building on Long Island, where they are delivered almost every day. | ||
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| Against The Grain | ||
| In the documentary "Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety" Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, former sales representative for Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson, looks at the ways pharmaceutical companies push drugs to doctors, influence medical research, and put the health of all of us at risk. Excerpts from the film were aired on the KPFA-FM 90.7 show, Against the Grain. | ||
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| The Visiting Hour With Dr. Brent Ridge | ||
| Dr. Brent Ridge talks about what really ills you - the high cost of prescription drugs. Prices rose sharply this year for prescription drugs. Some of the most widely used drugs rose almost 4 percent, while others almost 13 percent. This is the largest increase in six years. Why do medicines cost so much? Former pharmaceutical sales rep Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau gives an insider's perspective. | ||
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| Chiropractic’s ON | ||
| Filmmaker Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau is on a mission to educate the masses about the level of deception and ethical perversion that forced her to quit her job as a drug sales rep for Big Pharma and produce two movies about the truth hidden within this powerful giant. She shares what the drug companies don't want you to know on World Talk Radio’s Chiropractic’s ON show hosted by Dr. Leo Meltvedt. | ||
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| Interview With Dr. Ellen Kamhi | ||
| "Side Effects" writer / director Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau discusses the ethical concerns she has with the pharmaceutical industry on "Herbally Yours" with Dr. Ellen Kamhi. | ||
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| WSAU Radio Interview With Pat Snyder | ||
| Wisconsin native Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau speaks about making a film locally. Her film "Side Effects" is an insider’s glimpse at the misleading practices of the pharmaceutical companies. She talks with Pat Snyder from WSAU Radio in Wausau, Wis. | ||
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| The Robert Saviola Show | ||
| Filmmaker Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau talks with Robert Saviola on WJJL-AM 1440 about how the pharmaceutical companies are more interested in the profits they make than the safety and health of Americans. Her films, "Side Effects" and "Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety" are full of important information about this topic. | ||
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| HeathLine | ||
| Raising awareness among the general public and medical community, filmmaker Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau gives listeners a glimpse into the world of the pharmaceutical industry on the "HealthLine" radio show heard on WLVJ-AM 1040. | ||
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| Networking Minute With Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | ||
| Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau grew up in the small town of Ladysmith, Wis. She graduated with a political science degree from the University of Wisconsin, then spent a decade working for the pharmaceutical industry. | ||
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| Side Effects | ||
| Being trapped in the wrong job for a decade typically has various adverse effects, ranging from mild bitterness to alcoholism. Rarely does it pave the way to becoming a successful writer, producer and director. That's unless you are Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau of course... | ||
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| Another WorldView Is Possible | ||
| Side Effects writer, producer and director Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau talks to KPFK Pacifica Radio on the "Another WorldView Is Possible show" hosted by Ian Johnston. | ||
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| The Power Hour Interview | ||
| An interview with Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau from the syndicated radio show The Power Hour with Joyce & Dave. | ||
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| 'Side Effects' now over the counter | ||
| Written and directed by Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, a 1991 UW-Madison grad, the film, starring Katherine Heigl of "Grey's Anatomy," is a romantic comedy with serious undertones about values and ethics in the pharmaceutical industry. | ||
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| A Dose Of Reality | ||
| Do you ever stop to think about what makes your doctor prescribe one drug over another? Is it because Pill A has fewer side effects than Pill B? Is it because Pill C is more cost efficient than Pill D? Probably not. In fact, you'd be surprised at what goes on behind the scenes of the pharmaceutical industry, but thanks to Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, you no longer have to wonder. | ||
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| No sugar coating for ex-drug rep's film | ||
| It took two existential crises for filmmaker Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau to complete her debut movie "Side Effects," a loosely autobiographical account of her 10 years as a drug company sales representative... | ||
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| Executive Profiles | ||
| Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau does not want to be thought of as the Michael Moore of the pharmaceutical industry, but her first film, Side Effects, which she wrote, directed and produced, does give big drug companies a sound skewering. | ||
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| "At 10" Interview with Mitch Teich | ||
| Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau is a filmmaker from Madison. Her comedy, Side Effects and her documentary, Money Talks, are out on DVD. She speaks with Mitch Teich. | ||
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| Side Effects Review | ||
| The pharmaceutical industry claims its mission is "to protect and prolong life." Side Effects is a romantic comedy that goes inside the industry to reveal the hypocrisy and greed behind that claim. "Let’s keep our fingers crossed for a really big season of respiratory infections," says a district manager to his pharmaceutical representatives. | ||
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| Side Effects | ||
| Fans of Katherine Heigl from "Grey's Anatomy" are wondering if the likable actress will return to the hit medical soap opera next season after her character had an emotional and professional meltdown in the season finale. In the meantime, I'm sure fans will be interested in seeing her indie flick, "Side Effects," that was heavily promoted during the show's commercial breaks in recent weeks. | ||
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| Also new this week | ||
| When a sales rep for a big pharmaceutical company (Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl) develops a conscience, she decides to get out of the biz, but the perks of her position -- company car, watches and bonuses make it hard for her to say goodbye. | ||
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| Lilly sales force stresses its service, knowledge | ||
| Drug industry critic Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, of Madison, Wis., said she doesn't think Lilly's sales force reorganization will do much to change the emphasis large drug firms put on their sales efforts. She wrote the screenplay for the newly released independent film "Side Effects," which is critical of drug industry sales tactics... | ||
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| From silly to substance. Movies with messages gaining ground | ||
| Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau is one filmmaker with something to say. The Madison native turned her decade's experience as a representative for the pharmaceutical industry into the film "Side Effects," starring Katherine Heigl of "Grey's Anatomy." | ||
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| The "Side Effects" of Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | ||
| In a time where pharmaceutical drug consumption is akin to picking out candy, it's unique to find a film that expresses apprehension at how easily we fill our guts with pills and how rigorously those pills are marketed to us, whether we need them or not. Side Effects, starring Katherine Heigl (of Grey's Anatomy fame) is one such film... | ||
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| Milwaukee indie bands break into the film world | ||
| 'The right music is a critical element to any film -- each song lays the foundation for the emotion of the scene', said Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, the Wisconsin native director of last year's controversial independent film, "Side Effects." | ||
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| Side Effects DVD | ||
| Karly Hert (Heigl) is a pharmaceutical rep who is sick of her job but doesn't know what to do about it. She meets a nice guy (McAfee) who helps her formulate a plan to quit, but she finds quitting isn't that easy. | ||
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| Pill pusher recants | ||
| A coming-of-age film whose main character is a drug company sales rep? I was intrigued. Karly Hert (Katherine Heigl) is conflicted. She loves the perks of the job, but feels guilty that she is forced to hide concerns about certain drugs when she makes her sales pitches. Despite her conscience, she is seduced by the huge cheques and becomes the company's new darling. | ||
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| The Drug Pushers | ||
| As America turns its health-care system over to the market, pharmaceutical reps are wielding more and more influence - and the line between them and doctors is beginning to blur. | ||
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| Before Katherine Heigl was treating patients on Grey's Anatomy she was pushing pills in Side Effects | ||
| Katherine Heigl plays Karly Hert, who has spent the last 10 years selling drugs… legally that is. She’s an alluring sales rep for the pharmaceutical industry. Karly has it all - a big salary, a company car, a closet full of sexy business suits … and a growing pit in her stomach. | ||
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| Side Effects Ready For May 16th Debut | ||
| Los Angeles-based Hummingbird Pictures, with sales and distribution expertise provided by the Pro-Active Entertainment Group, will enter the DVD arena on May 16 with the romantic comedy/drama, Side Effects. | ||
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| How To Fire Your Hollywood Agent, Raise Money, And Make Your Own Feature Film… In Wisconsin! | ||
| Side Effects is a romantic comedy loosely based on Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau's ten years of experience as a pharmaceutical rep. The film was written, directed, financed, produced, and distributed by Kathleen....As an independent screenwriter, I was curious to learn what that journey looked like. | ||
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| Big Pharma Versus Small Patient | ||
| Side Effects, a critical film that goes behind the scenes of the pharmaceutical industry, raises questions about the efficacy and safety of drugs and challenges the ethical standards of Big Pharma. | ||
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| Pill Pushers Pharma Insiders Roast System | ||
| The relationship between doctors and pharmaceutical company representatives has always been a thorny one. On the one hand, you have a physician seeking to cure patient ills; on the other, you have a salesman seeking to turn a profit. | ||
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| Pill movie's timed release | ||
| Can a feature film about Big Pharma become a cult classic? That's the game plan for Side Effects, Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau's first-time effort. | ||
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| Shocking drug tales! | ||
| The movie, Side Effects, is scripted on the decade-long work experience of its director, Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau in the pharmaceutical industry. She spoke to Anamika Butalia about the making of the movie, its objective and success. | ||
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| "Side Effects" targets Big Pharma's sales tactics on the big screen | ||
| Now, however, a new kind of exposure is looming on the horizon of Big Pharma's future with the upcoming release of "Side Effects," an independent movie about a pharmaceutical sales rep with a conscience, written and directed by former real-life pharmaceutical sales rep Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau. | ||
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The view from inside the medicine cabinet Film delivers a dose of love story, satire and commentary |
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| We wouldn't blame Holly Mosher if she never downed another pill. The Whitefish Bay native produced "Side Effects," a satirical film about the pharmaceutical industry that stars Katherine Heigl ("Grey's Anatomy") as a young sales rep struggling with her company's slippery ethics. | ||
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| University Of Wisconsin Student Radio | ||
| Writer and director Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau was interviewed on WSUM Radio on December 6th. | ||
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| 180 With Dave Walsh | ||
| Hear writer / director and Wisconsin native Kathleen Slattery Moschkau talk about "Side Effects" on 180 with Dave Walsh. Click on the appropriate link to listen to the audio file. | ||
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| Wisconsin Mom Ditches Pharmaceutical Sales to Become an Indie Filmmaker | ||
| For ten years, Thanksgiving for Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin's Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau meant a day free from pushing prescriptions and stocking medical offices with nifty little pens, notepads and squishy stress-relievers advertising the market's newest RX drug. Back then, she gave all her thanks to the security that came with a hefty commission check. | ||
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| The Tazz and Paula Show! | ||
| In Side Effects, filmmaker Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau has turned her ten years’ experience as a rep for a top drug company into a darkly funny - and enlightening - feature film starring Grey’s Anatomy’s Katherine Heigl. | ||
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| Ideas Network - Ben Merens | ||
| Side Effects director Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau was interviewed by Peter Donalds (standing in for Ben Merens) on Wisconsin Public Radio. | ||
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| Coffee With... Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | ||
| In 1992, Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau was an attractive grad fresh from college when the pharmaceutical industry recruited her for a lucrative job as an industry drug rep. It was a dream come true for the 23-year-old political science major. | ||
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| From Selling Pills to Selling Films - Steve Snyder | ||
| This weekend marks a homecoming of sorts for both Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau and her locally written and produced "Side Effects," a sobering but sprightly romantic comedy that has caught the attention of audiences across the country. | ||
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| Patients may not shit for a week, but the drug industry will… | ||
| Who wouldn't want Karly Hurt's job? Her company car is a BMW, she gets bonus checks written for thousands of dollars, and she attends manager meetings in Lake Geneva. Sound too good to be true? In a way, it is because Karly is a drug dealer…a legal one mind you, but a drug dealer nonetheless. | ||
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| 'Side Effects' of successful indie film - Rob Zaleski | ||
| Eight months after selling out in less than 24 hours at the Wisconsin Film Festival, the controversial indie film "Side Effects" will return to Madison on Friday, Dec. 9, when it begins a run at Westgate Art Cinemas. | ||
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| Media Matters - Roger Greene | ||
| A radio interview with Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau from Ireland's Station of the Year Newstalk 106FM. | ||
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| Coast to Coast AM - Ian Punnett | ||
| Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau graduated with a degree in political science from UW-Madison. After college, Kathleen spent a decade working for the pharmaceutical industry. She began documenting both amusing and frightening incidents... | ||
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| "A chilling exposé" - Stephanie Lysaght | ||
| After ten years as a sales representative for the pharmaceutical industry, Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau has seen more than her share of corruption... | ||
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| Film blows the whistle on pharma greed | ||
| After 10 years working as a sales rep for US drugs companies, Irish-American Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau has made a film blowing the whistle on sales practices... | ||
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| The Holistic Networker reviews Side Effects | ||
| What would you do if someone gave you a lot of money to sell drugs? Legal drugs, that is, pharmaceuticals. Would you lie to make your sales quota? Would you conceal the truth? A new indie movie called Side Effects tackles these issues... | ||
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| 4 Stars | ||
| Are you ready for a pharmaceutical romantic comedy? You bet you are. Welcome to "Side Effects." The romance here is rich and the laughs plentiful, but this is no fluffy romantic comedy…Helping her accomplish this mission is a charming cast, most notable is Katherine Heigl as Karly whose free spirit is infectious… | ||
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Hollywood, Pharma and the Side Effects of bad press An onslaught of bad PR may actually help Big Pharma |
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| Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau is interviewed by Gregg Carlstrom for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Magazine regarding her upcoming film Side Effects and how she hopes it will affect change within the industry. | ||
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| Great shoes, now about this new drug | ||
| Margaret McCartney speaks of the independent film Side Effects as she gives her own amusing depiction of her experience as a physician and her interactions with pharmaceutical representatives | ||
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| I Was A Pharmaceutical Sales Rep | ||
| The exploits of these sales reps are now gaining wider attention thanks in part to a new independent movie. Side Effects follows the ride of a young woman who finds success - and second thoughts - as a drug rep. Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau is Side Effect's writer and director. | ||
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| Big Pharma And You | ||
| We've all seen the television ads promoting drugs that promise better health and a seemingly better lifestyle. This month, pharmaceutical companies plan to limit those direct-to-consumer drug ads -- but they're not going away. Kathleen-Slattery Moschkau used to be a drug rep... | ||
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| Devil In The Detail - The Art Of Pushing Pills | ||
| "Side Effects" is the story of a perky young political-science graduate who joins a drug company to promote medicines to physicians, but finds the hard sell too much. | ||
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| Side Effects | ||
| Side Effects was a lot of fun, and not at all what I was expecting. I had gotten the idea that it was a soul-searching drama. Well, there was soul-searching and there was some drama, but mostly it was pretty funny. | ||
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| What Can We Learn From Medical Whistleblowers? | ||
| Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau...This former drug representative left the pharmaceutical industry after witnessing marketing practices that she found disturbing. She wrote and directed the movie Side Effects, a fictionalized account of her experiences. | ||
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| Spin Doctored - How drug companies keep tabs on physicians | ||
| "Telling your doctors how much you really know can be the kiss of death," said Slattery-Moschkau, the former drug rep whose indie film Side Effects is about her decade in the business. | ||
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| Side Effects | ||
| Side Effects, an entertaining indictment of the pharmaceutical industry, manages to make its point without being vicious, scathing or blindingly vindictive. Rather, it comes across as a relatively fair, often funny, eye-opening film... | ||
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| The Movie, Side Effects | ||
| Side Effects Director Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau was interviewed regarding the film on The Deborah Ray Show on Health Talk Radio, April 20th. The interview begins approximately 14 minutes into the audio stream. | ||
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| Confessions of a drug rep | ||
| Think big. Think money. Think drugs. And then think of all the sly, silly, ethically impaired things that people will do to sell drugs, and you'll have a taste of Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau's film, Side Effects. | ||
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| Drug firms put prettiest faces forward | ||
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Americans are oversold on pharmaceuticals. Just read the headlines: Over prescribed antibiotics spawn new strains of drug-resistant bacteria. Certain anti-depressants lead to teenage suicides. Some cholesterol drugs result in liver damage. Some arthritis drugs cause strokes and heart attacks. |
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| CNN American Morning | ||
| Side Effects director Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau was interviewed today on CNN's American Morning with Soledad O'Brian. She spoke about the film and how she drew on her 10 years of experience as a sales rep in the pharmaceutical industry to show a side of the drugs industry that many people would have no idea existed. | ||
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| Wisconsin Public Radio - Interview With Joy Cardin | ||
| Joy Cardin’s guest, after seven, once worked for the largest drug dealer in the nation, the pharmaceutical industry. But after facing the ethical dilemmas of her job, she quit...and made a film about it, and she'll talk about the movie, Side Effects. Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, writer, director, and producer of the film, "Side Effects". | ||
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| A spoonful of satire helps 'Side Effects' | ||
| A few years after graduating from college in 1991, Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau got a call from a recruiter asking whether she would like to work in pharmaceutical sales. | ||
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| Film Exposes Pharmaceutical Secrets | ||
| Hailed as a blockbuster drug, Vivexx is an antidepressant that its maker claims is so effective it will make standard bearer Prozac seem like "penny candy." ...but this is the plot of "Side Effects" a fictionalized account of the life of former drug sales representative Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau. | ||
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