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One More Chink in Our Healthcare System's Armor is the Cozy Nature of Big Pharma, the Medical Community, Legislators and the U.S. Regulatory Agencies

#1 · April 10, 2022, 3:45 pm

Quote from Savings Beagle on April 10, 2022, 3:45 pm
While lobbying, a lucrative revolving door between government regulatory agencies and big pharma and a cozy relationship between drug companies and the medical community don't account for all of our healthcare system's financial failings, they sure don't help the situation.

This article by Rebecca Strong, a freelance health, wellness and lifestyle writer, does a good job pointing out how the system is all too often geared to helping the bottom lines of many "inside," while paying only partial heed to those the system is purported to be helping.

Not everyone associated with the healthcare system and its regulation is looking the other way when it comes to the development and distribution of products meant to help those with medical conditions, but articles like this do make you wonder what percentage is.

Here's the intro paragraph from "Putting Big Bad Pharma Back on Trial in the Covid-19 Era" by Rebecca Strong.

After graduating from Columbia University with a chemical engineering degree, my grandfather went on to work for Pfizer for almost two decades, culminating his career as the company’s Global Director of New Products. I was rather proud of this fact growing up — it felt as if this father figure, who raised me for several years during my childhood, had somehow played a role in saving lives. But in recent years, my perspective on Pfizer — and other companies in its class — has shifted. Blame it on the insidious big pharma corruption laid bare by whistleblowers in recent years. Blame it on the endless string of big pharma lawsuits revealing fraud, deception, and cover-ups. Blame it on the fact that I witnessed some of their most profitable drugs ruin the lives of those I love most. All I know is, that pride I once felt has been overshadowed by a sticky skepticism I just can’t seem to shake.

You can read the full article at this link.

The Covid-19 vaccines are most definitely a hot-button issue for many. No matter what side you come down on with regard to their development, efficacy and the requirements that have been implemented in some sectors regarding them, we all should hope there aren't significant cover-ups associated with the Covid-19 vaccines as there have been with other big pharma products in the past.

While lobbying, a lucrative revolving door between government regulatory agencies and big pharma and a cozy relationship between drug companies and the medical community don't account for all of our healthcare system's financial failings, they sure don't help the situation.

This article by Rebecca Strong, a freelance health, wellness and lifestyle writer, does a good job pointing out how the system is all too often geared to helping the bottom lines of many "inside," while paying only partial heed to those the system is purported to be helping.

Not everyone associated with the healthcare system and its regulation is looking the other way when it comes to the development and distribution of products meant to help those with medical conditions, but articles like this do make you wonder what percentage is.

Here's the intro paragraph from "Putting Big Bad Pharma Back on Trial in the Covid-19 Era" by Rebecca Strong.

After graduating from Columbia University with a chemical engineering degree, my grandfather went on to work for Pfizer for almost two decades, culminating his career as the company’s Global Director of New Products. I was rather proud of this fact growing up — it felt as if this father figure, who raised me for several years during my childhood, had somehow played a role in saving lives. But in recent years, my perspective on Pfizer — and other companies in its class — has shifted. Blame it on the insidious big pharma corruption laid bare by whistleblowers in recent years. Blame it on the endless string of big pharma lawsuits revealing fraud, deception, and cover-ups. Blame it on the fact that I witnessed some of their most profitable drugs ruin the lives of those I love most. All I know is, that pride I once felt has been overshadowed by a sticky skepticism I just can’t seem to shake.

You can read the full article at this link.

The Covid-19 vaccines are most definitely a hot-button issue for many. No matter what side you come down on with regard to their development, efficacy and the requirements that have been implemented in some sectors regarding them, we all should hope there aren't significant cover-ups associated with the Covid-19 vaccines as there have been with other big pharma products in the past.