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Big Pharma - friend or foe?

Saving Lives In Slow Motion

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Big Pharma gets a lot of bad press, yet most of us have needed to take medication for something at some point in our lives.


How do we minimise the risk of our coming to harm from drugs and what can industry do to work more openly with us?


Diuretic drugs: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-79565-7_4


Ben Goldacre - a review: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3635613/


Evidence Based Medicine: https://guides.mclibrary.duke.edu/ebm


Lorcainide story: https://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.g7717/rr-1


Anti-arrhythmic drugs: https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/medical/drug-cabinet/anti-arrhythmics


Drug reps and doctors: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245972805/pharma-reps-have-visited-doctors-for-decades-what-impact-does-it-have-on-patient


The opioid crisis and Oxycontin latest: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60610707


PHQ-9 for depression: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3416649/#


Monoclonal antibodies: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/114311.stm


ALLTRIALS: alltrials.net


The NHS and big pharma: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/08/its-naive-to-think-this-is-in-the-best-interests-of-the-nhs-how-big-pharmas-millions-are-influencing-healthcare


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