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This article suffers from a lack of precision in important terminology. "Drug companies" are typically understood to be research based pharmaceutical companies
by slr555 9y ago
This article suffers from a lack of precision in important terminology. "Drug companies" are typically understood to be research based pharmaceutical companies such as Merck or generics companies such as Teva (I realize there is some overlap).
The entities mentioned in the article seem to be drug wholesalers who act as middle men between manufacturers and pharmacies. This is not merely a semantic difference.
There is certainly an opioid crisis in this country but poorly edited journalism that does not adhere to the accepted nomenclature of the industry only clouds the issues and obfuscates who the actual bad actors are.
- JKCalhoun 9y ago> …poorly edited journalism that does not adhere to the accepted nomenclature of the industry only clouds the issues and obfuscates who the actual bad actors are. The drug wholesalers and drug companies both stand to make truckloads of cash. Seems likely that both parties know exactly what they're doing. I'm not party to the industry and have no special insight — just a citizen watching from the sidelines but suspicious when it is suggested that it's just a couple of bad actors.