The U.S. magazine
Nursing Online Education Database 
of 27/03/2008, published an article by Laura Milligan, which contained a ratio of 25 shocking facts about the pharmaceutical industry (drug manufacturers). She points to the article, that "the big drug companies have been consistently accused of putting profits above patients, making false promotion campaigns, public relations (marketing) and others." Below are some of the facts stated in article.The drug prices have increased faster than any patient would pay - the price of most medicines are prescribed more frequently systematically increased, sometimes more than once a year. Some drugs have a mark-up (range) up to 1000% over the cost of their medical ingredientes.Os may have an additional reason for prescribing the drugs - the representatives of manufacturers, frequent visitors of doctors' offices often offer gifts to convince doctors to prescribe drugs they represent. These representatives are hardly knowledge or education or medical industries científica.As drug companies spend more on marketing than on research - almost twice! Blame for the fraud against the American health care system (Medicare) - The manufacturers of drugs are being tried in U.S. federal courts, as a result of his explorations made to the health system. Astra Zeneca will pay more than $ 340 million in fines for their involvement with doctors to defraud the system health.The combined wealth of the five largest manufacturers of drugs exceeds the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in sub-Saharan Africa - in fact, the market value of the five largest drug manufacturers is two times the GDP of the entire region.The Americans pay more for prescription drugs on a prescription than any other inhabitant in the world - only in 2002 that figure reached the number of U.S. $ 200 bilhões.Os "new" drugs are not really new - two thirds of "new" prescription drugs are identical to existing drugs, or are modified versions of mesmos.As companies drug manufacturers are taking advantage of underdeveloped countries to conduct clinical trials - that because of government oversight is more lax .
What is presented is a summary of the article, you can read it in full (in English), of 27/03/2008, published an article by Laura Milligan, which contained a ratio of 25 shocking facts about the pharmaceutical industry (drug manufacturers). She points to the article, that "the big drug companies have been consistently accused of putting profits above patients, making false promotion campaigns, public relations (marketing) and others." Below are some of the facts stated in article.The drug prices have increased faster than any patient would pay - the price of most medicines are prescribed more frequently systematically increased, sometimes more than once a year. Some drugs have a mark-up (range) up to 1000% over the cost of their medical ingredientes.Os may have an additional reason for prescribing the drugs - the representatives of manufacturers, frequent visitors of doctors' offices often offer gifts to convince doctors to prescribe drugs they represent. These representatives are hardly knowledge or education or medical industries científica.As drug companies spend more on marketing than on research - almost twice! Blame for the fraud against the American health care system (Medicare) - The manufacturers of drugs are being tried in U.S. federal courts, as a result of his explorations made to the health system. Astra Zeneca will pay more than $ 340 million in fines for their involvement with doctors to defraud the system health.The combined wealth of the five largest manufacturers of drugs exceeds the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in sub-Saharan Africa - in fact, the market value of the five largest drug manufacturers is two times the GDP of the entire region.The Americans pay more for prescription drugs on a prescription than any other inhabitant in the world - only in 2002 that figure reached the number of U.S. $ 200 bilhões.Os "new" drugs are not really new - two thirds of "new" prescription drugs are identical to existing drugs, or are modified versions of mesmos.As companies drug manufacturers are taking advantage of underdeveloped countries to conduct clinical trials - that because of government oversight is more lax . here.
Source: Nursing Online Education Database March 27, 2008
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