Follow the Science: How Big Pharma Misleads, Obscures, and Prevails

by Sharyl Attkisson

The deluge of TV drug ads began around 1997. By 2020, the pharmaceutical industry accounted for 75 percent of all televised ad spending in the US, adding up to about $4.58 billion. Written with all of the zeroes, that’s $4,580,000,000.00.