# \[e-drug\] The Truth About the Drug Companies (2) **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [October 8, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-the-truth-about-the-drug-companies-2/20676 "2004-10-08T14:52:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![valeria.frighi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@valeria.frighi](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/valeria.frighi)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-the-truth-about-the-drug-companies-2/20676/1 "2004-10-08T14:52:24Z")
E-DRUG: The Truth About the Drug Companies (2) ----------------------------------------------- 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