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  • The Truth About the Drug Companies

  • How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It
  • Written by: Marcia Angell
  • Narrated by: Kate Reading
  • Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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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.
Political Science Workplace & Organizational Behaviour Physical Illness & Disease Medicine & Health Care Industry
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What the critics say

"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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