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Sep 18, 2012

Half of drugs prescribed are useless or dangerous, say two specialists | via @Guardian

...“They haven’t discovered very much new for the last 30 years, but have multiplied production, using tricks and lies.
“Sadly, none of them is interested in making drugs for rare conditions or, say, for an infectious disease in countries with no money, because it’s not a big market. Nor are they interested in developing drugs for conditions like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease because it too difficult and there’s not money to be made quickly.
“It has become interested only in the immediate, in short term gains. On Wall Street, the pharmaceutical industry is third after petrol and banking, and each year it increases by 20%. It’s more profitable than mining for diamonds.”
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/14/french-doctors-drugs-useless-dang...