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The Laws of the Pharmaceutical Industry Posted with permission from my colleague, Dr Arthur Evagelista, formerly with the FDA. The main principles governing the pharmaceutical "business with disease" are: ..."It is not in the financial interests of the pharmaceutical industry to prevent common diseases -  the maintenance and expansion of diseases is a precondition for the financial growth of this industry.." 1  The pharmaceutical industry is an investment industry < http://qualityassurance.synthasite.com/laws/law01.htm >  driven by the profits of its shareholders. Improving human health is not the driving force of this industry. 2  The pharmaceutical investment industry was artificially created and strategically developed over an entire century by the same investment groups that control the global petrochemical and chemical industries. 3 The huge profits < http://qualityassurance.synthasite.com/laws/law03.htm > of the pharmaceutical industry are based on...

How we're fooled into using more medicine than we need. This is a guest post from independent medical investigative journalist Jeanne Lenzer. She is a former Knight Science Journalism Fellow and a frequent contributor to BMJ, and has published works in    The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, Discover, The New Republic,  and other outlets. When doctors recommend tests, drugs or surgeries to prevent bad outcomes (think cholesterol-lowering agents to prevent strokes or cardiac stents to prevent heart attacks) they tap into our deepest sense of what constitutes commonsense:  An ounce of prevention. Catch it early. A stitch in time. It can’t be a bad thing to catch problems early, can it? Unfortunately, one of the toughest things to explain is why detecting some illnesses at their earliest stages can cause more harm than good. Take this example: Since elevated cholesterol is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, doctors often prescribe drugs known...