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The truth about the drug companies: how they deceive us and what to do about it
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“What does the eight-hundred-pound gorrilla do? Anything it wants to.” These are the first words of Chapter One, innagurating the pages of this monumental book with metaphoric clear-seeing that is beyond deniability. Indeed, America has made the drug companies (aka “Big Pharma”) a political and economic behemoth nearly incapable of stopping. A staggering $200 billion is now spent on prescription medication a year, lining the pockets of Big Pharma executives and milking an increasingly parched cash cow. In The Truth About the Drug Companies, Dr. Angell presents the grim details of Big Pharma’s rise to power and the manipulative and downright devious tricks it uses to stay there.
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- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 2005-05-01
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 09
- Pages
- 42-5297-42-5297
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- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
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- W1569441194
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- book review
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- en
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