“Obviously, there is no single source of the dysfunction in our health-care system, but the most powerful force driving this toxic combination of poor health care and high costs is Big Pharma’s influence on American medical care. And the reason the pharmaceutical industry has been able to achieve this” tail wags dog” position is that over the past 40 year’s, public funding for clinical research has declined allowing the drug companies to step in and fill the gap. This has led to increased commercial influence over much of the information that doctors rely on to determine optimal treatment for their patients. The pharmaceutical companies now control most of the medical research agenda, and their primary goal is not to improve American’s health but to maximise their own profits, which they do masterfully.”
“Sickening How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It” John Abramson, MD, MSc, Mariner Books, 2022
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