The Truth About the Drug Companies - Marcia Angell Audiobook
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Written by Marcia Angell
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During her two decades at The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Marcia Angell had a front-row seat on the appalling spectacle of the pharmaceutical industry. She 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. Now, in this bold, hard-hitting new book, Dr. Angell exposes the shocking truth of what the pharmaceutical industry has become–and argues for essential, long-overdue change.
Currently Americans spend a staggering $200 billion each year on prescription drugs. As Dr. Angell powerfully demonstrates, claims that high drug prices are necessary to fund research and development are unfounded: The truth is that drug companies funnel the bulk of their resources into the marketing of products of dubious benefit. Meanwhile, as profits soar, the companies brazenly use their wealth and power to push their agenda through Congress, the FDA, and academic medical centers.
Zeroing in on hugely successful drugs like AZT (the first drug to treat HIV/AIDS), Taxol (the best-selling cancer drug in history), and the blockbuster allergy drug Claritin, Dr. Angell demonstrates exactly how new products are brought to market. Drug companies, she shows, routinely rely on publicly funded institutions for their basic research; they rig clinical trials to make their products look better than they are; and they use their legions of lawyers to stretch out government-granted exclusive marketing rights for years. They also flood the market with copycat drugs that cost a lot more than the drugs they mimic but are no more effective.
The American pharmaceutical industry needs to be saved, mainly from itself, and Dr. Angell proposes a program of vital reforms, which includes restoring impartiality to clinical research and severing the ties between drug companies and medical education. Written with fierce passion and substantiated with in-depth research, The Truth About the Drug Companies is a searing indictment of an industry that has spun out of control.
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| Creation Date: | Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:10:27 -0500 |
| This is a Multifile Torrent | |
| 00. Introduction.mp3 13.85 MBs | |
| 01. The $200 Billion Colossus.mp3 27.74 MBs | |
| 02. The Creation of a New Drug.mp3 23.39 MBs | |
| 03. How Much Does The Pharmaceutical Industry Really Spend on R & D.mp3 23.39 MBs | |
| 04. Just How Innovative is This Industry.mp3 33.31 MBs | |
| 05. Me-Too Drugs - The Main Business of The Pharmaceutical Industry.mp3 29.7 MBs | |
| 06. How Good are New Drugs.mp3 30.9 MBs | |
| 07. The Hard Sell - Lures, Bribes & Kickbacks.mp3 29.37 MBs | |
| 08. Marketing Masquerading as Education.mp3 30.08 MBs | |
| 09. Marketing Masquerading as Research.mp3 24.97 MBs | |
| 10. Patent Games - Stretching Out Monopolies.mp3 29.1 MBs | |
| 11. Buying Influence - How The Industry Makes Sure It Gets It’s Way.mp3 36.32 MBs | |
| 12. Is The Party Over.mp3 30.19 MBs | |
| 13. How To Save The Pharmaceutical Industry & Get Our Money’s Worth.mp3 37.27 MBs | |
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