Big Pharma
Big Herba
One of the strawman arguments I constantly hear is that Big Pharma (the pejorative term used by woo-meisters to describe ethical pharmaceutical companies) block natural therapies because they will lose profits. My argument has always been that if these “therapies” actually worked, Big Pharma would find a way to patent them, bring them to market and make more profits. Well, at least that’s what I thought. Read More...
Scientific medicine and Big Pharma
Apr/08/09 08:42 Filed in: Medical devices | Pharmaceuticals | Pseudoscience | Healthcare Policy | Evidence based medicine | Medical products
I keep reading across the blogosphere that Big Pharma (for the sake of this discussion, defined as all medical products companies, including ones that don’t manufacture or market pharmaceuticals) somehow blocks either positive or negative results to further their profits. The accusations come from a wide variety of sources, some of the more vocal being the anti-science proponents, such as the anti-vaccination movement. Utilizing an ad hominem argument of personalizing the issues and then attacking the motives or character of others, usually those who dispute the claims made by pseudoscience. Read More...