E-DRUG: The Truth About the Drug Companies (2)
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I agree with most of it. But who will provide the money for research
when government parties don't want to increase tax for fear of not
being re-elected, parties who want to get into power usually
include a "no tax increase or even tax cuts" in their electoral
manifestos and charities are strapped for cash (the stock
exchange crash of a few years ago damaged them so much that
charity funded research has suffered enormously ever since)?
It really is a huge problem of very difficult solution.
Moreover, although part of the problem is corruption another
important part of the equation is doctors' ignorance and inability to
distinguish between Pharma's propaganda and real science. Very
busy clinicians really don't have time to sieve through the evidence
and are easily gullible rather than corrupt.
Valeria
Dr Valeria Frighi
Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Churchill Hospital
Oxford
OX3 7LJ
UK
Tel # 44 1865 857300
Fax # 44 1865 857311
valeria.frighi@doctors.org.uk