The Pharmaceutical Industry And The Business Of Health
Written by on April 27th, 2007 in health, CommunicationAgents Initiative, Information Access.
The pharmaceutical industry is driven by profits like any other business. The fundamental difference is that the vast majority of businesses do not directly impact upon our health, and the treatments we are given by our so-called health-care providers. Photo credit: Eugene Bochkarev In this short ten-point article Chris Gupta reveals the shocking truths of an industry that can only go on existing if it products fail to cure or heal us. Here are the details: Deceptive Advertising Campaigns Give Millions False Hope The health and lives of hundreds of millions of people and the economies of all countries are held hostage by the pharmaceutical investment "business with disease." Pharmaceutical companies spend twice the amount of money on marketing drugs …