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Fraud and Corruption Runs Through US Pharma
email this pageprint this pageemail usMelanie Newman & Chris Woods - Al Jazeera
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August 12, 2010



Al Jazeera: Pervasive fraud, fatal side effects, and huge kick-backs paid to doctors plague Big Pharma
The US health care industry is the world's biggest, with $300bn per year spent on prescription drugs. For many these drugs have brought undeniable benefits. But recent months have seen health scandal after health scandal making headlines in the US.

Two of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies have been fined billions of dollars after investigations into their secret working practices. What these cases have revealed will change the way the drug industry is perceived forever. Revelations have emerged of pervasive fraud, fatal side effects, and huge kick-backs paid to doctors.

This investigation by Melanie Newman and Chris Woods reveals how health care became unhealthy profit.



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