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- Title
Fact or fiction: the need for independent pharmaceutical policy research.
- Authors
Keyhani, Salomeh; Federman, Alex
- Abstract
The article describes the difficulty of distinguishing widely known and oft-repeated facts about the pharmaceutical industry from research that has been independently verified. It asserts that the claimed costs of drug development and dire predictions of the effects of reduced prices are unverified claims that are used by pharmaceutical companies to keep prices high. The authors claim that unbiased and independent research is needed to verify drug efficacy and safety claims.
- Subjects
PHARMACEUTICAL industry; DRUG development; DRUG prices; CLINICAL drug trials; REPORTING of drug side effects; CORRUPTION; ECONOMICS
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2009, Vol 24, Issue 5, p692
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s11606-009-0964-2