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Author Angell, Marcia.

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

Publication Info. New York : Random House, [2004]
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  338.436 ANGELL    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  338.436 A    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  338.4 ANG    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  338.4361 AN43    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  338.936 ANGELL    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  338.436 A583T    Claims Returned
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  338.4361 ANGELL    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xx, 305 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : Drugs are different -- 1. The $200 billion colossus -- 2. The creation of a new drug -- 3. How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- 4. Just how innovative is this industry? -- 5. "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- 6. How good are new drugs? -- 7. The hard sell : lures, bribes, and kickbacks -- 8. Marketing masquerading as education -- 9. Marketing masquerading as research -- 10. Patent games : stretching out monopolies -- 11. Buying influence : how the industry makes sure it gets its way -- 12. Is the party over? -- 13. How to save the pharmaceutical industry - and get our money's worth -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Subject 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.
Drug Industry -- economics -- United States.
Advertising -- United States.
Pharmaceutical Preparations -- economics -- United States.
ISBN 0375508465 cloth alkaline paper
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