What could go wrong. Legal Pushers, part deux

[billanole]

opens up as big pharma begins direct to consumer sales.


Some major pharmaceutical companies are getting into the telehealth business. That could allow patients to skip a visit with their regular doctor and let companies sell their drugs directly to consumers. But is that a good idea? NPR pharmaceuticals correspondent Sydney Lupkin reports.

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/01/nx-s1-5091007-e1/drug-makers-including-pfizer-are-starting-to-sell-drugs-directly-to-consumers

 

[ihhawk]

We are going to need to see how our political parties feel about this before we either support it or are outraged

 

[billanole]

We are going to need to see how our political parties feel about this before we either support it or are outraged

It’s OK. You are allowed to form your own opinion.
Do you remember how Purdue Pharma convinced people that opioids were not addicting? First a script, next addiction, then no script, hello fentanyl and welcome back heroin
Don’t trust pushers, whether corporate or street guys.

 

[ParkerHawk]

I still can't believe they are allowed to advertise on TV

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

As long as the can avoid liability by keeping billions and declaring bankruptcy, everything will be right as rain.

 

[billanole]

I still can't believe they are allowed to advertise on TV

Yep, big Tobacco must be furious.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Only 2 countries in the world allow Big Pharm to advertise on TV. USA and New Zealand

 

[billanole]

Only 2 countries in the world allow Big Pharm to advertise on TV. USA and New Zealand

Wow. There may be good reasons…

 

[ihhawk]

It’s OK. You are allowed to form your own opinion.
Do you remember how Purdue Pharma convinced people that opioids were not addicting? First a script, next addiction, then no script, hello fentanyl and welcome back heroin
Don’t trust pushers, whether corporate or street guys.

I don’t trust them at all. It’s amazing how liberals love big pharma now

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

I still can't believe they are allowed to advertise on TV

Only 2 countries in the world allow Big Pharm to advertise on TV. USA and New Zealand

Wow. There may be good reasons…

I believe it was a concession lawmakers made in the Clinton years when introducing new regulations in the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

I don’t trust them at all. It’s amazing how liberals love big pharma now

I hate big Pharm. More corrupt than the oil industry.