Truth about the Drug Companies How They Deceive Us and What to Do about It

Name: Truth about the Drug Companies How They Deceive Us and What to Do about It
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ISBN: 9780375760945

ISBN-10: 0375760946

ISBN-13: 9780375760945

Edition: 2005

Authors: Marcia Angell

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During her two decades at The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Marcia Angell had a front-row seat on the appalling spectacle of the pharmaceutical industry. She watched drug companies stray from their original mission of discovering and manufacturing useful drugs and instead become vast marketing machines with unprecedented control over their own fortunes. She saw them gain nearly limitless influence over medical research, education, and how doctors do their jobs. She sympathized as the American public, particularly the elderly, struggled and increasingly failed to meet spiraling prescription drug prices. Now, in this bold, hard-hitting new book, Dr. Angell exposes the shocking truth of…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/9/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.94" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.550

Marcia Angell is the executive editor of the New England Journal of Medicine.



Introduction : drugs are different



The $200 billion colossus



The creation of a new drug



How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D?



Just how innovative is this industry?



"Me-too" drugs - the main business of the pharmaceutical industry



How good are new drugs?



The hard sell ... lures, bribes, and kickbacks



Marketing masquerading as education



Marketing masquerading as research



Patent games - stretching out monopolies



Buying influence - how the industry makes sure it gets its way



Is the party over?



How to save the pharmaceutical industry - and get our money's worth