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Big pharma is the government.

• pipeline_peak 3y ago
  So Purdue, Lily, Pfizer, and the German historical Bayer are of the US government?
  • LanzVonL 3y ago
    Of course. And Epstein, Maxwell, you name it. The US government is about power and influence, not chains of command and technical appointments and elections. You should have learned this by now.
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  • ericmcer 3y ago
    50% of the Food and drug administrations funding comes from pharmaceutical companies. So yeah big pharma runs our government regulatory agencies.
    • pipeline_peak 3y ago
      Source please
    • refurb 3y ago
      That's because it's based on user fees. If you want a drug approved, you need to pay to have it reviewed. Next you'll be telling me that car owners run the DMV.
      • ericmcer 3y ago
        If Ford and a few other large car manufacturers accounted for 50% of DMV funding you don’t think that could lead to conflicts of interest?
  • FactKnower69 3y ago
    The pharma industry spends more money lobbying US politicians than any other, almost twice as much as the next largest spender; 64% of pharma lobbyists are former government employees https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries