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The truth about the drug companies : how they deceive us and what to do about it / Marcia Angell.

by Angell, Marcia.

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New York : Random House, c2004.

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.

0375508465 (cloth : alk. paper) :

xx, 305 p. ; 25 cm.

Introduction : drugs are different -- The $200 billion colossus -- The creation of a new drug -- How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- Just how innovative is this industry? -- "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- How good are new drugs? -- The hard sell : lures, bribes, and kickbacks -- Marketing masquerading as education -- Marketing masquerading as research -- Patent games : stretching out monopolies -- Buying influence : how the industry makes sure it gets its way -- Is the party over? -- How to save the pharmaceutical industry, and get our money's worth.

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