Is big pharma bad?
 | This Wikiversity page is inactive and is of historical interest. You may discuss this page on the talk page, copy all or part of this page to another page for further editing or start a new discussion about this page at the Wikiversity:Colloquium. |
 | After a community review discussing Wikidebates and its inclusion within Wikiversity, the project has been discontinued due to a lack of moderation and policy implementation. Please open a new Wikiversity:Community Review to re-open the project. No new arguments or debates will be included. Any new additions will be reverted. |
Big pharma is bad
[edit | edit source]Pro
[edit | edit source]
Pro It is bad as per Ben Goldacre's book Bad Pharma, 2012 and 2013. See also Wikipedia: Bad Pharma.- Pro It is bad as per Peter C. Gøtzsche's book Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime, 2013. See also Wikipedia: Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime. See also Google Books preview.
- Pro It is bad as per Gøtzsche 2012, available online.[1]
- Pro It is bad as per Nick Dearden.[2]
- Pro Big pharma systematically broke law in the U.S., resulting in large settlements, per Wikipedia: List of largest pharmaceutical settlements. Not covered is the settlement of Purdue Pharma relating to the U.S. opioid crisis.[3] See also Wikipedia: Purdue Pharma.
Con
[edit | edit source]
Con Many products of big pharma save lives and improve health (e.g. antibiotics and insulin) so the big pharma cannot be all bad.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry is common, serious and repetitive by Peter C. Gøtzsche, 14 Dec 2012, web.archive.org
- ↑ How Big Pharma Makes a Killing From Letting People Die, 2023, currentaffairs.org
- ↑ Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Announces Global Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations with Opioid Manufacturer Purdue Pharma and Civil Settlement with Members of the Sackler Family, justice.gov
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Pharmaceutical industry#Controversies, wikipedia.org
- Big Pharma Sinks to the Bottom of U.S. Industry Rankings, 2019, gallup.com