Drrathore, what a disgraceful set of affairs where there is so much dishonesty and greed in these companies. As the article points out the $3 billion dollar fine is peanuts to these gigantic companies whose turnover and profits are phenomenal. There must be some regulation introduced which is effective in ensuring that drug companies must act according to a set of ethics and rules. I hold out little hope that this will happen because the companies also pay a great deal of tax which the government wants and aslo employ a lot of people.  Surely it isnt too much to ask that drug companies research and publish all the data on medicines they want to market including any papers which have negative findings about the drugs. I am very naive I know in expecting that to happen, but perhaps if individuals in the company where held accountable for their practices things just might change. But again as we see with the banking industries when the bosses resign they get vast payment (millions of pounds) to send them on their way. That it no punishment at all.
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