The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It
by Marcia Angell
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Read in November, 2007
Health care costs continue to spiral out of control, and part of the problem is the pharmaceutical industry. (Can you say "whores"?) I was enraged after reading this book, but seriously, I don't believe we can do anything about it. As long as there are lobbyists, the drug companies will be money mill behemoths run by fat cats with way too much money. (Funny, there's a resemblance between their CEO's and the politicos who "regulate" the industry.) If anything, this book might ...more
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Read in December, 2007
One of the best books I ever read. I might be biased because I currently work in the pharma industry (doing IT support), but this insider's view on the industry practices will probably come handy when it will be time for me to start taking drugs to fix any health issue I might encounter in the future. Shows you that when money is involved, people will do anything, even play with other people's lives. A good example of what's going on in the industry is this week's news that Merck falsified "...more
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This book teaches you a lot about the flow of money in the Drug Industry. The author, a former editor of the NEJM, knows her stuff but has her own axe to grind -- she wants socialized medicine. The problem with the system now is largely government interference. The government protects and nourishes the drug companies (corporate welfarism) while people demand more care without feeling the cost via govt. services (medicare etc). But this book makes me rethink many of my beliefs simply by over...more
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This book is written by an insider of the medical community (the editor of the Journal of the American Medicine Association, as I recall) and has some astounding revelations. This is one of the most eye-opening books I've read in years; from the open bribery of doctors, to the fact that big pharma almost never discovers new drugs (it's publicly funded government agencies and universities that do that), the moral bankruptcy of the big pharmas is shocking.
A must read book.
A must read book.
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Read in October, 2007
The author, with established credibility, reveals the inner workings of Big Pharma and how corrupt the medical system has become.
In Canada these problems don't exist to the degree that they do in the U.S. Wish I had my former (spectacular and respected) health care system down here in the U.S. Maybe someday Canada will annex Idaho??? :-)
In Canada these problems don't exist to the degree that they do in the U.S. Wish I had my former (spectacular and respected) health care system down here in the U.S. Maybe someday Canada will annex Idaho??? :-)
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Read in September, 2007
If I could give it no stars, I would. What a rag. Worthy of something by Hannity or Coulter, with convenient Republican-esque "fact-finding." Ironic that it's supposed to be leftist. Any liberal, avid reader who knows an ounce about this industry will have a good, but annoyed, laugh.
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Read in January, 2008
I read it for my health law paper and it scared me to death. So if you're into reading about why prescription drug companies are crazy/scary/manipulative/dangerous gazillionaires, knock yourself out.
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Interesting book on how drug companies make a profit using the governement as their financial backers. Also, the conflict of interest between drug companies, doctors, and their patients.
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A MUST READ!! Unlike most documentaries, expose's and the like, this book identifies the drug industries problems and make good suggestions about what to do about them.
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Read in February, 2008
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anyone in the health profession
This book is a must for anyone working in the health profession! Truly makes you hate drug companies, but I think that's fair.
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Almost too easy to read, at times a little naive, but gets at the heart of the truth... Big Pharma is screwing us.
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Opinionated, self-righteous polemic. I guess it's one side of the story.
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Read in February, 2008
I knew these companies were screwing us, but now I know how they do it.
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Read in January, 2008
Should be required reading for anyone in medical school.
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