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Pharmaceutical industry gets high on fat profits
Pharmaceutical companies have developed the vast majority of medicines known to humankind, but they have profited handsomely from doing so, and not always by legitimate means. Drug companies have been accused of, and admitted to, far worse practices than making money. Until recently, paying bribes to doctors to prescribe their drugs was commonplace at big pharmas, although the practice is now generally frowned upon and illegal in many places. The rules on gifts, educational grants and sponsoring lectures, for example, are less clear cut, and these practices remain commonplace in the US. Indeed a recent study found that doctors in the US receiving payments from pharma companies were twice as likely to prescribe their drugs. This all may change when new rules in the US and UK will force doctors to disclose all gifts and payments made by the industry. Drug companies have also been accused of colluding with chemists to overcharge for their medicines and of publishing trial data that highlight the positive at the expense of the negative. The rewards are so great, it would seem, that pharma companies have continually been prepared to push the boundaries of legality. No wonder, then, that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has talked of the “inherent conflict” between the legitimate business goals of the drug companies and the medical and social needs of the wider public. Indeed the Council of Europe is launching an investigation into “protecting patients and public health against the undue influence of the pharmaceutical industry”. It will look at “particular practices such as sponsoring health professionals by the industry ... or recourse by public health institutions to the knowledge of highly specialised researchers on the pay-rolls of industry”. No matter what the outcome of such investigations, however, the pharmaceutical industry is facing fundamental change, as the traditional model of developing drugs breaks down due to rising costs and scientific advances. The cosy world of big pharmaceuticals is under threat like never before.
(Adaptado de: ANDERSON, R. Pharmaceutical industry gets high on fat profits. BBC News. Online. 6 nov. 2014. Disponível em: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28212223. Acesso em: 12 jun. 2015.)
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(I) although the practice is now generally frowned upon and illegal in many places.
(II) Indeed a recent study found that doctors in the US receiving payments from pharma companies were twice as likely to prescribe their drugs.
(III) No wonder, then, that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has talked of the “inherent conflict” between the legitimate business goals of the drug companies
(IV) It will look at “particular practices such as sponsoring health professionals by the industry ...”
(V) as the traditional model of developing drugs breaks down due to rising costs and scientific advances.
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