pharma

Conspiracy theories tagged "pharma."

2 articles

Pharmaceutical Patent Evergreening

Pharmaceutical companies routinely file trivial modifications to existing drug patents to extend monopoly pricing by decades, blocking cheaper generics — a confirmed, legal but widely criticized practice.

1980 · United States · Pharmaceutical companies, FDA, Patent office

Confirmed Economics & Society

Pharmaceutical Trial Data Suppression / Publication Bias

GlaxoSmithKline was fined $3 billion after hiding Paxil's danger to adolescents. Ben Goldacre's 'Bad Pharma' documented systematic suppression of negative trial results across the industry.

1990 · United States · GlaxoSmithKline, Paroxetine Study 329, Ben Goldacre