Medicamentos Mortais e Crime Organizado: Como a Indústria Farmacêutica Corrompeu a Assistência Médica

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AFTER HEART DISEASE AND CANCER. In his latest ground-breaking book, Peter C Gotzsche exposes the pharmaceutical industries and their charade of fraudulent behaviour, both in research and marketing where the morally repugnant disregard for human lives is the norm. He convincingly draws close co This Title Exposes The Pharmaceutical Industries And Their Charade Of Fraudulent Behaviour, Both In Research And Marketing Where The Morally Repugnant Disregard For Human Lives Is The Norm. Introduction -- Confessions From An Insider -- Organised Crime, The Business Model Of Big Pharma -- Very Few Patients Benefit From The Drugs They Take -- Clinical Trials, A Broken Social Contract With Patients -- Conflicts Of Interest At Medical Journals -- The Corruptive Influence Of Easy Money -- What Do Thousands Of Doctors On Industry Payroll Do? -- Hard Sell -- Impotent Drug Regulation -- Public Access To Data At Drug Agencies -- Neurontin, An Epilepsy Drug For Everything -- Merck, Where The Patients Die First -- Fraudulent Celecoxib Trial And Other Lies -- Switching Cheap Drugs To Expensive Ones In The Same Patients -- Blood Glucose Was Fine But The Patients Died -- Psychiatry, The Drug Industry's Paradise -- Pushing Children Into Suicide With Happy Pills -- Intimidation, Threats, And Violence To Protect Sales -- Busting The Industry Myths -- General System Failure Calls For A Revolution -- Having The Last Laugh At Big Pharma. Peter C. Gøtzsche ; Forewords By Richard Smith, Former Editor In Chief, Bmj, And Drummond Rennie, Deputry Editor, Jama. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. In his latest ground-breaking book, Peter C. Gøtzsche exposes the pharmaceutical industries and their charade of fraudulent behavior, both in research and marketing where the morally repugnant disregard for human lives is the norm 1. He convincingly draws close comparisons with the tobacco conglomerates, revealing the extraordinary truth behind efforts to confuse and distract the public and their politicians. The book addresses, in evidence-based detail, an extraordinary system failure caused by widespread crime, corruption, bribery and impotent drug regulation in need of radical reforms. "In his latest ground-breaking book, Peter C Gotzsche exposes the pharmaceutical industries and their charade of fraudulent behaviour, both in research and marketing where the morally repugnant disregard for human lives is the norm. He convincingly draws close comparisons with the tobacco conglomerates, revealing the extraordinary truth behind efforts to confuse and distract the public and their politicians. The book addresses, in evidence-based detail, an extraordinary system failure caused by widespread crime, corruption, bribery and impotent drug regulation in need of radical reforms"--Publisher's description Nesta Obra, Peter Gøtzsche Expõe A Indústria Farmacêutica E Seus Comportamentos Fraudulentos Tanto Na Pesquisa Como No Marketing, Em Que O Desrespeito Moralmente Repugnante Por Vidas Humanas é A Norma. Sempre Utilizando-se De Provas, Medicamentos Mortais E Crime Organizado Aborda Uma Falha Geral Do Sistema, Que Precisa De Reformas Radicais Urgentes. THIS ENLIGHTENING AND ALARMING book deserves a wide readership among doctors but also among politicians, health administrators, and drug and medical device regulators.'- Kerry J Breen, Adjunct Professor -Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University