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Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All Into Patients
Selling Sickness How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All Into Patients
Author: Ray Moynihan, Alan Cassels
Thirty years ago, Henry Gadsden, the head of Merck, one of the world's largest drug companies, told Fortune magazine that he wanted Merck to be more like chewing gum maker Wrigley's. It had long been his dream to make drugs for healthy people so that Merck could "sell to everyone." Gadsden's dream now drives the marketing machinery of the most p...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781560258568
ISBN-10: 156025856X
Publication Date: 6/2/2006
Pages: 272
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3.5 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Nation Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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NewRuth avatar reviewed Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All Into Patients on
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I see drug company advertising at the doctor's office and on TV, but I didn't realize just how effective pharmaceutical advertising is.

The authors outline how the pharmaceutical industry has in effect created problems to sell drugs to treat.

The book is eye-opening, but a bit repetitive as it covers different "conditions."
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