New Year’s resolutions for Big Pharma

CounterPunch
Posted: December 31st, 2006 by Steve Trinward
Author: Martha Rosenberg

“It was another year of fighting black boxes, sweet talking juries and burying incriminating clinical data for Big Pharma. But before its reputation is completely gone–How many pharmaceutical salesmen does it take to change a light bulb? It doesn’t need to be changed; it just needs a new name and formulation before the patent runs out–Big Pharma could make the following New Year’s resolutions: 1. We will instruct our reps not to waltz into doctors’ offices ahead of patients many of whom are–hello!–not feeling well and have been waiting a long time. … 2. We will stop pushing schizophrenic drugs like Seroquel and Zyprexa to the depressed, anxious, moody, confused, aged and people we can convince are bipolar through alarmist ad campaigns. … 3. We will stop selling depression to people with simple life problems…” (12/30/06)

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