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The Truth About the Drug Companies
- How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In this explosive expose of the drug companies and how they are ripping us off, Marcia Angell, M.D., a doctor, medical journalist, and a former editor of the respected New England Journal of Medicine, reveals the many ways in which the pharmaceutical industry has moved away from its original purpose of finding and producing useful new drugs.
Now primarily a marketing machine that produces drugs of questionable benefit, the industry uses its wealth and power to co-opt such institutions as the US Congress, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), academic medical centers, as well as the medical profession. In spite of a lack of innovative drugs and continuously growing prices, the drug companies invest most of their time and money in marketing, legal maneuvers to extend patient rights, and government lobbying to prevent price regulation.
Critic Reviews
"A searing indictment.... Angell mounts a powerful case (and offers specific suggestions) for reform of this essential industry." (Publishers Weekly)
"Pharamceutical companies will need a new miracle pain reliever after the whipping they receive from Marcia Angell in her book...a starting point for serious discussion." (The Hartford Courant)
"If youve ever suffered prescription-drug sticker shock, Dr. Marcia Angell's The Truth About the Drug Companies is the book for you." (Newsday)
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- anil mandhani
- 26-05-21
drugged truth
Author must be congratulated for bringing out such a deep rooted and organized corruption in pharma industry.
Corruption gets its roots from a friendly association between protector and perpetrator.
few suggestions...
FDA should not allow any new trial,which is not compared with the existing drug.
FDA should allow Govt to give incentive to a company coming up with a new drug.
Fix up the profit margin and price of the drug and give subsidy only for marginalized population as author too has suggested.
This book draws a parallel in the market of consumables in the hospitals, which should be addressed too.
Kudos to her
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- SMARTY
- 05-06-19
THE TRUTH. PAUSE
Loved it. It seems the patient is no where figuring in this nasty scheme of things! The book covered beautifully only one dimension of the sordid affairs though the other facets of this industry are more appalling.
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