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Excuse me for not being cut up about how the BigPharma companies will be pulling in a few less dollars. Thinking about some of the corrupt and downright unethic
by suprgeek 15y ago
Excuse me for not being cut up about how the BigPharma companies will be pulling in a few less dollars.
Thinking about some of the corrupt and downright unethical practices employed by these companies - this would almost seem like just payback.
- They use Drug trials in lightly regulated developing countries to get FDA approvals for medicines. There was a famous case in India last year I think where 10-12 children died due to an experimental vaccine. The company involved was one of the biggest vaccine manufacturers in US. That case got hushed up quick.
- Drugs that get banned in US/Europe get dumped in Developing countries where the science/regulation may not have caught up yet. So even when the deadly consequences are known, these companies push dangerous medicines.
- Medical Reps employed by these companies routinely pressure doctors to over-prescribe expensive medicines. for a uneducated public this ends up costing them more for the same effects.
Against the backdrop of these practices an occasional such judgement is indeed good news against these companies.