The truth about the drug companies

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Angell watched drug companies stray from their original mission of discovering and manufacturing useful drugs and instead become vast marketing machines with unprecedented control over their own fortunes. She saw them gain nearly limitless influence over medical research, education, and how doctors do their jobs. She sympathized as the American public, particularly the elderly, struggled and increasingly failed to meet spiraling prescription drug prices.

subjects: Pharmaceutical Preparations,  Drug Industry,  Recherche,  Economics,  Pharmaceutical policy,  Farmaceutische industrie,  Médicaments,  Research,  Pharmaceutical industry,  Prices,  Costs,  Advertising,  Winst,  Finances,  Prescription pricing,  Ethiek,  Finance,  Advertising as Topic,  Drugs,  Coût,  Prix,  Industrie pharmaceutique,  Publicité,  Politique gouvernementale,  Fixation des prix,  Marketing,  Brevets,  États-Unis,  Drug Costs,  Drug Prescriptions,  Pharmaceutical Economics,  Health Policy

Places: United States,  États-Unis