The truth about the drug companies : how they deceive us and what to do about it / Marcia Angell.
By: Angell, Marcia
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TextPublisher: New York : Random House, c2004Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xx, 305 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0375508465 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Pharmaceutical industry -- United States -- Costs | Drugs -- Prices -- United States | Drugs -- Research -- United States -- Finance | Prescription pricing -- United States | Advertising -- Drugs -- United States | Pharmaceutical policy -- United StatesDDC classification: 338.4/36151/0973 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Sample text | Publisher description | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Drugs are different -- 1. The $200 billion colossus -- 2. The creation of a new drug -- 3. How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- 4. Just how innovative is this industry? -- 5. "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- 6. How good are new drugs? -- 7. The hard sell : lures, bribes, and kickbacks -- 8. Marketing masquerading as education -- 9. Marketing masquerading as research -- 10. Patent games : stretching out monopolies -- 11. Buying influence : how the industry makes sure it gets its way -- 12. Is the party over? -- 13. How to save the pharmaceutical industry - and get our money's worth -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
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