Angell, Marcia. <br/><br/>
The truth about the drug companies :  how they deceive us and what to do about it / 
Marcia Angell. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Random House,  c2004. 
 - xx, 305 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction :  Drugs are different --  $200 billion colossus --  creation of a new drug --  How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? --  Just how innovative is this industry? --  "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry --  How good are new drugs? --  hard sell : lures, bribes, and kickbacks --  Marketing masquerading as education --  Marketing masquerading as research --  Patent games : stretching out monopolies --  Buying influence : how the industry makes sure it gets its way --  Is the party over? --  How to save the pharmaceutical industry - and get our money's worth --  Afterword --  Acknowledgments --  Notes --  Index.  1. The  2. The  3.  4.  5.  6.  7. The  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0375508465 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004041212 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101230403  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pharmaceutical industry--Costs.--United States<br/>Drugs--Prices--United States.<br/>Drugs--Research--Finance.--United States<br/>Prescription pricing--United States.<br/>Advertising--Drugs--United States.<br/>Pharmaceutical policy--United States.<br/>Pharmaceutical industry--Economics--United States.<br/>Advertising--United States.<br/>Pharmaceutical Preparations--Economics--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD 9666.5  / .A74 2004