05944cam a22009974a 4500 truthaboutdrugco00ange CaSfIA 20250802105659.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 040105s2004 nyu ob 001 0 eng 2004041212 (OCoLC)1151442301 DLC DLC KUT DNJ NLM NOR OCL BAKER MUQ NLGGC NSB YDXCP OCLCQ BTCTA CaSfIA 101230403 DNLM 0375508465 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780375508462 (cloth : alk. paper) pcc n-us--- HD9666.5 .A74 2004 2004 K-782 QV 736 A583t 2004 338.4/36151/0973 22 44.42 bcl Angell, Marcia. The truth about the drug companies : how they deceive us and what to do about it / Marcia Angell. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2004. 1 online resource (xx, 305 pages) Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : Drugs are different -- 1. The $200 billion colossus -- 2. The creation of a new drug -- 3. How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- 4. Just how innovative is this industry? -- 5. "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- 6. How good are new drugs? -- 7. The hard sell : lures, bribes, and kickbacks -- 8. Marketing masquerading as education -- 9. Marketing masquerading as research -- 10. Patent games : stretching out monopolies -- 11. Buying influence : how the industry makes sure it gets its way -- 12. Is the party over? -- 13. How to save the pharmaceutical industry - and get our money's worth -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. Angell watched drug companies stray from their original mission of discovering and manufacturing useful drugs and instead become vast marketing machines with unprecedented control over their own fortunes. She saw them gain nearly limitless influence over medical research, education, and how doctors do their jobs. She sympathized as the American public, particularly the elderly, struggled and increasingly failed to meet spiraling prescription drug prices. Pharmaceutical industry United States Costs. Drugs Prices United States. Drugs Research United States Finance. Prescription pricing United States. Advertising Drugs United States. Pharmaceutical policy United States. Industrie pharmaceutique États-Unis Coût. Médicaments Prix États-Unis. Médicaments Recherche États-Unis Finances. Médicaments Publicité États-Unis. Médicaments Politique gouvernementale États-Unis. Farmaceutische industrie. gtt Winst. gtt Ethiek. gtt Drug Industry economics United States. Advertising as Topic United States. Pharmaceutical Preparations economics United States. Online version: Angell, Marcia. Truth about the drug companies. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2004 (OCoLC)607579749 Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/2004041212.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random051/2004041212.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random051/2004041212.html https://archive.org/details/truthaboutdrugco00ange Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24833733M Additional information and access via Open Library truthaboutdrugco00ange ark:/13960/t8kd2t53s