One of the issues that has always bugged me about this is the issue of context - medicine has a great track record in treating emergencies, but fares quite poor

One of the issues that has always bugged me about this is the issue of context - medicine has a great track record in treating emergencies, but fares quite poorly with preventative care and chronic illness. The issue arises when people associate the good track record of emergency care with preventative treatment - so essentially take what's prescribed as gospel. Would you take investment advice from a great pig farmer? Dental advice from a good banker? Art advice from a physicist? I would imagine that pharma will have to tread very carefully over the next decade, as the cumulative resuls of drug-trials like these start to create an interesting track record. However, spin-doctoring is everything....