EEV: Re-Post Request Public release date: 17-Aug-2010 – they spend two to three times more on marketing than on research to persuade doctors to prescribe these new drugs – Doctors may get misleading information and then misinform patients about the… Read More ›
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Are you Big Pharma’s new target market?
Taking a cue from Apple and Coca-Cola, pharmaceutical firms are humanizing their brands Version française Montreal, February 4, 2014 — By 2018, it is estimated that the global pharmaceutical market will be worth more than $1.3… Read More ›
Let’s Fight Big Pharma’s Crusade to Turn Eccentricity Into Illness
Editor’s Note: The controversial fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or DSM-5 (a.k.a. the manual formerly known as “DSM-V”) is being released tomorrow – after a 14-year revision process to update its criteria for defining mental disorders. This… Read More ›
How drug companies exaggerate research costs to justify absurd profits
The Make-Believe Billion By Timothy Noah|Posted Thursday, March 3, 2011, at 9:19 PM ET Reposted at Request March 3, 2011 Donald W. Light of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey For years the government has sought to… Read More ›