Prescription Drugs–Deceptive Advertising, 7/7
Posted By Prescription On Monday, March 15th 2010. Under: Prescription Video Tags: ads, advertising, antidepressants, attacks, celebrex, corporate construction, drugs, fda, heart, ibuprofen, medication, paxil, prescribers, prozac, ray moynihan, social construction, vioxx, zoloft
www.encognitive.com A lot of money can be made from healthy people who believe they are sick. Pharmaceutical companies sponsor diseases and promote them to prescribers and consumers. Ray Moynihan, Iona Heath, and David Henry give examples of "disease mongering" and suggest how to prevent the growth of this practice There's ...
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Prescription Drugs–Me-Too Drugs, 2/7
Posted By Prescription On Thursday, March 4th 2010. Under: Prescription Video Tags: allegra, bristol myers, bristol myers squibb, cancer drug, cholesterol, claritin, drugs, fda, lifestyle, lipitor, lower, merck, national institutes of health, Pfizer, viagra, vytorin, zocor
www.encognitive.com Angell disputes the industry's reputation as an "engine of innovation," arguing that the top US drug makers spend 2.5 times as much on marketing and administration as they do on research. At least a third of the drugs marketed by industry leaders were discovered by universities or small biotech ...
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