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What might been useful to mention here is how much money was being paid by big pharma in advertising dollars to the platforms and in campaign contributions. It
by kornhole 4y ago
What might been useful to mention here is how much money was being paid by big pharma in advertising dollars to the platforms and in campaign contributions. It was and still is an enormous amount.
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- barbazoo 4y agoSource?
- kornhole 4y agoI am proud that this comment earned me a -3, but I looked up information for you: 2020 spend on social media Pharma advertising was $152M. https://www.fiercepharma.com/special-report/top-10-ad-spenders-big-pharma-for-2020 https://www.fiercepharma.com/special-report/top-10-ad-spende... 2020 spend on dark money contributions was over $500M https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/12/pharma-lobby-poured-millions-into-darkmoney-groups/ https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/12/pharma-lobby-poured... Direct campaign contributions were less: https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=h04 https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=h04