The Influence of Big Pharma In America
Big Pharma – the nickname given to the pharmaceutical industry, its trade and lobbying group, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America or PhRMA…
Direct To Consumer Marketing
Consumers are bombarded daily with ads for products that promise effortless weight loss, regained youth, a higher quality of life and everything in between.…
How Big Pharma Influences Doctors
If you’re old enough, you may be familiar with the following scene: You are sitting…
Pharmaceutical Companies Paying Doctors
The following information comes from a series of reports compiled by ProPublica and its journalistic…
Medical Device Failures On The Rise
Over the last few years there has been a sharp spike in medical device recalls.…
Disease Mongering And Drug Marketing
Pharmaceutical companies are in the business to sell medications. But, how do you sell a medication for a disease that a lot of people do not have. Simple! You convince otherwise healthy people that they have the disease. Or, you have the disease redefined so…
Take Medication? You Are A Human Guinea Pig
If you take a prescription medication, odds are, you are unknowingly a human test subject…
Prescription Drug Deaths On The Rise
The statistics and the facts are staggering: More than 40 people a day across the…
FDA Fast Track Drug Approval Program
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been an agency of the United States Department…
