#520 What is the Truth about the Drug Companies?

The pharmaceutical industry has come under scrutiny of late. We will be talking with Dr. Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief of The New England Journal of Medicine. She maintains that the drug companies place profits before public health in their research and marketing practices. We will also hear from the Chief Medical Officer of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Guests: Marcia Angell, MD, former editor in chief at The New England Journal of Medicine and author of The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It (Random House, 2004). Paul Antony, MD, Chief Medical Officer of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.