Is big pharma bad?
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Big pharma is bad
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Pro It is bad as per Ben Goldacre's book Bad Pharma, 2012 and 2013. See also Wikipedia: Bad Pharma.- Pro It is bad as per Peter C. Gøtzsche's book Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime, 2013. See also Wikipedia: Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime. See also Google Books preview.
- Pro It is bad as per Gøtzsche 2012, available online.[1]
- Pro It is bad as per Nick Dearden.[2]
- Pro Big pharma systematically broke law in the U.S., resulting in large settlements, per Wikipedia: List of largest pharmaceutical settlements. Not covered is the settlement of Purdue Pharma relating to the U.S. opioid crisis.[3] See also Wikipedia: Purdue Pharma.
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Con Many products of big pharma save lives and improve health (e.g. antibiotics and insulin) so the big pharma cannot be all bad.
References
edit- ↑ Corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry is common, serious and repetitive by Peter C. Gøtzsche, 14 Dec 2012, web.archive.org
- ↑ How Big Pharma Makes a Killing From Letting People Die, 2023, currentaffairs.org
- ↑ Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Announces Global Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations with Opioid Manufacturer Purdue Pharma and Civil Settlement with Members of the Sackler Family, justice.gov
Further reading
edit- Pharmaceutical industry#Controversies, wikipedia.org
- Big Pharma Sinks to the Bottom of U.S. Industry Rankings, 2019, gallup.com