The Big Fix
Subtitle: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Rips Off American Consumers (Publicaffairs Reports)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: May 6, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781586481858
Subjects: Politics/International Relations; Prices; Industries - General; Consumer Protection; Pharmaceutical Industries (Economic Aspects); United States; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Price fixing; Prescription pricing; General; Public Affairs & Administration; Consumer Behavior - General; Drugs
First sentence: THE AMOUNT we spend each year for prescription drugs is rising, and it is rising dramatically-by some 15 percent a year for the last several years.
Description: Popular analysis about key issues, including drug pricing, patent battles, excessive profiteering, misleading marketing, disease mongering and doctor-drug company relationships.