During her two decades at "The New England Journal of Medicine," Dr. Marcia Angell had a front-row seat on the appalling spectacle of the pharmaceutical industry. Written with fierce passion and substantiated with in-depth research, "The Truth About the Drug Companies" is her searing indictment of an industry that has spun out of control.
In 1992 silicone-filled breast implants were banned in America in response to concerns that they caused auto-immune and connective tissue disease. The ban triggered a torrent of litigation which proved to be unwarranted. This book reveals important differences in the way science, the law and the public regard evidence. The author maintains that, ...
This work tells the story of breast implants, the health risks posed by them and the litigation which led to a virtual ban on breast implants in the US. The author reveals differences in the way science, the law and the public regard evidence - and not just in the breast implant controversy.
In what should serve as the Fast Food Nation of the drug industry, Angell, former editor of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, presents a searing indictment of "big pharma" as corrupt and corrupting: of Congress, through huge campaign contri
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