Pharmaceutical

“Drugs You Don’t Need For Disorders You Don’t Have”

“when Schwartz saw the Belsomra ad, she was struck by how smoothly it sidestepped the drug’s limitations. A soothing voiceover hypes the science, giving a sophisticated explanation of how Belsomra targets a neurotransmitter called orexin to…

“OxyContin goes global — “We’re only just getting started””

“In this global drive, the companies, known as Mundipharma, are using some of the same controversial marketing practices that made OxyContin a pharmaceutical blockbuster in the U.S.

In Brazil, China…

“REVERSE VOXSPLAINING: DRUGS VS. CHAIRS”

“The problem with the pharmaceutical industry isn’t that they’re unregulated just like chairs and mugs. The problem with the pharmaceutical industry is that they’re part of a highly-regulated cronyist system that works completely differently from chairs and…

“Why Are So Few Blockbuster Drugs Invented Today?”

“Of course, an overreliance on genomics is not the only factor slowing down the discovery of new drugs, as industry analysts are quick to point out. One challenge is that the industry is the victim of its own previous successes. In order to…

“Stop Subsidizing Big Pharma”

“The problem is that venture philanthropy is, essentially, another term for privatizing scientific research. Instead of decisions about the fate of scientific funding being made by publicly oriented institutions, those decisions are being put in the hands of anonymous…