As Nature explains, the writer is referring to studies that get done after FDA approval, “research” that is subject to far less scrutiny. The companies pay doctors to enroll patients in studies, then massage the results until they’re tailor-made for a commercial. The studies are “not designed to determine the overall risk:benefit balance of the drug in the general population,” writes the anonymous whistle-blower. “They were designed to support and disseminate a marketing message.”
Does this sound surprising?
20 Notes
-
teronidas likes this
-
akaniiism likes this
-
vortexanomaly likes this
-
freedomnotfound likes this
-
ayyaiyai likes this
-
empathy-vs-apathy-nyc reblogged this from knowledgeappliedispower
-
televandalist likes this
-
peachcardinal reblogged this from queennubian
-
cruciotheworld reblogged this from queennubian
-
cruciotheworld likes this
-
takshimada likes this
-
urreeldaddy reblogged this from queennubian
-
moorthodox likes this
-
queennubian reblogged this from knowledgeappliedispower
-
knowledgeappliedispower reblogged this from braddogott and added:
Does this sound surprising?
-
knowledgeappliedispower likes this
-
braddogott posted this
