Showing posts with label Big Pharma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big Pharma. Show all posts
Why Merck is the Monsanto of Big Pharma
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'In 2007, Merck settled various class actions suits filed against Vioxx, a pain killer that also killed around 60,000 American consumers over a four and one-half year period. It caused heart failures. Merck’s total payout was $4.85 billion. So pharmaceuticals could be considered risky business, even though they still profit from damaging drugs.'
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World Health Organization Finally Cracks Down on Big Pharma
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'After considerable pressure from independent health journalists, researchers, statisticians, and some MDs, finally the World Health Organization (WHO) responded positively. Now the WHO is proposing public access to all drug trial papers.
Why is this important? Because by the time a study is completed, all the reports are often collated and edited to offer only the most glowing parts of the trial outcomes while hiding adverse event reports.'
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Vitamin Dangers are Usually False Reports from Poor Studies
'By now you may be familiar with Dr. Paul Offit’s attacks on supplements. He’s even written a book about it, but I won’t promote his volume of lies by mentioning it. He’s even claimed that Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling has performed a great disservice to humanity by promoting vitamin C as he had.'
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4 Ways Big Pharma Continues to Lose Credibility
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'When you visit the websites for leading pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and Novartis, you’ll find mission statements that will feed you with inspiring goals such as “improve health and well-being,” “provide access to safe, effective and affordable medicines,” and “to prevent and cure diseases, to ease suffering and to enhance the quality of life.”
Who still believes this? Let’s keep it straight: major pharmaceutical companies are in the business of dealing drugs and making money. Here’s some food for thought that might make you question the credibility of pharmaceutical companies.'
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