Angell, Marcia
The Truth about the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do about It
- ISBN 13:
- 9780375760945
- author:
- Angell, Marcia
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Random House Inc
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2005
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 13.21 x 2.03 x 20.32 centimetres
- Genre:
- Business / Economics / Finance
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It by Marcia Angell. In this bold and hard-hitting new book, Dr. Marcia Angell exposes the shocking truth of what the pharmaceutical industry has become. She reveals how drug companies have strayed from their original mission of discovering and manufacturing useful drugs, instead becoming vast marketing machines with unprecedented control over their own fortunes. Dr. Angell argues that claims about high drug prices being necessary to fund research and development are unfounded. Instead, she shows how the bulk of resources are funnelled into the marketing of products of dubious benefit. The book also explores how companies use their wealth and power to push their agenda through Congress, the FDA, and academic medical centres. With a focus on hugely successful drugs like AZT, Taxol, and Claritin, Dr. Angell demonstrates exactly how new products are brought to market.
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