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  • How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It
  • By: Marcia Angell
  • Narrated by: Kate Reading
  • Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)
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Summary

In this explosive expose of the drug companies and how they are ripping us off, Marcia Angell, M.D., a doctor, medical journalist, and a former editor of the respected New England Journal of Medicine, reveals the many ways in which the pharmaceutical industry has moved away from its original purpose of finding and producing useful new drugs.  

Now primarily a marketing machine that produces drugs of questionable benefit, the industry uses its wealth and power to co-opt such institutions as the US Congress, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), academic medical centers, as well as the medical profession. In spite of a lack of innovative drugs and continuously growing prices, the drug companies invest most of their time and money in marketing, legal maneuvers to extend patient rights, and government lobbying to prevent price regulation.
©2004 Marcia Angell (P)2007 Books on Tape Inc.
Business Ethics Pharmacology Physical Illness & Disease Political Science
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Critic reviews

"A searing indictment.... Angell mounts a powerful case (and offers specific suggestions) for reform of this essential industry." (Publishers Weekly)

"Pharamceutical companies will need a new miracle pain reliever after the whipping they receive from Marcia Angell in her book...a starting point for serious discussion." (The Hartford Courant)

"If youve ever suffered prescription-drug sticker shock, Dr. Marcia Angell's The Truth About the Drug Companies is the book for you." (Newsday)

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alot of the information in this book is from 2004 to 2004 all very old information

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