美國大藥廠併購行為就如同黑手黨

[李誠民]

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... ading.aspx

Nearly 20 percent of corporate crime is being committed by companies that make products for your health. Crimes committed by some of the top pharmaceutical companies include fabricated studies and hiding damaging research
A number of recent articles and books have delved into the practices of the drug industry, concluding it operates like an organized crime ring
Corruption of science is one of the most dangerous forms of corruption. Doctors rely on published studies to make treatment recommendations, and large numbers of patients can be harmed when false findings are published
A recent study concluded that a majority of American drug commercials—60 percent of prescription drug ads, and 80 percent of ads for over-the-counter (OTC) drugs—are either misleading or outright false
Warnings of adverse side effects in drug ads can backfire. While initially making viewers cautious, over the course of time people tend to ignore the warnings; some even see them as indications of honesty and trustworthiness ......Glaxo 是英國藥廠(總部還在倫敦!!!)


...."19 pharmaceutical companies made AllBusiness.com's Top 100 Corporate Criminals List for the 1990s".......21st Century. Crimes committed by some of the most well-known drug companies include:
• Fabricated studies
• Covering up serious problems with their drugs
• False claims
• Bribery, illegal kick-backs, and defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, and even the FDA
• Immoral threat and intimidation tactics

..." Is the Pharmaceutical Industry Like the Mafia?" Smith writes:
 “The characteristics of organized crime, racketeering, is defined in US law as the act of engaging repeatedly in certain types of offence, including extortion, fraud, federal drug offenses, bribery, embezzlement, obstruction of justice, obstruction of law enforcement, tampering with witnesses, and political corruption. .....--黑手黨不是賄絡,與政府聯合造假, 操控司法!!!!....

Peter [Gøtzsche] produces evidence, most of it detailed, to support his case that pharmaceutical companies are guilty of most of these offenses.
And he is not the first to compare the industry with the Mafia or mob. He quotes a former vice-president of Pfizer, who has said:
‘It is scary how many similarities there are between this industry and the mob. The mob makes obscene amounts of money, as does this industry. The side effects of organized crime are killings and deaths, and the side effects are the same in this industry. The mob bribes politicians and others, and so does the drug industry…’

......Two years ago, GSK agreed to a $3 billion settlement over the sales and marketing practices of several of its drugs, including Avandia. This was the largest federal drug-company settlement in US history, surpassing the $2.3 billion paid by Pfizer in 2009 (see video above) for illegally promoting off-label uses of four of its drugs.

The Guardian:
“The Chinese authorities have accused GSK of acting like a criminal "godfather", using a network of 700 middlemen and travel agencies to bribe doctors with £320m [$489 million] cash and sexual favors in return for prescribing GSK drugs. Gao said the police have evidence that bribery has been a 'core part' of GSK China's business model since 2007.” [Emphasis mine]

[kwojohn]

(咦) so what ... what did U mean by !?

[李誠民]

美國債務上限在參院過關,但就只有近三月期限(到明年二月中),;眾院似乎也會通過!!!----這就是民主法治國家的ABC---妥協, 協商(黨派協商?!)........
美國醫療改革是否成功(? 註定失敗----政府財政赤字!),要到2014年保險交換(Insurance Exchange 過關---這才是決戰點!!!)........