This book details at what length drug companies go to in order to make an obscene amount of profit, even if it puts people health at risk. The best thing we as consumers can do is to stay in good health so we don’t need to take medications as we get older or if that becomes necessary, then do our research before deciding to go on a medication regimen.

Marcia Angell’s painstaking account of big pharma’s shenanigans is a sobering read. Even people in the healthcare field will be surprised by the sheer extent of big pharma’s reach and the multiple means the industry employs to fatten its profits and prolong monopolies that impose huge costs on society.

This book is very well researched and organized. Marcia Angell knows the subject inside and out. Maybe her next book will tell us which drugs are really just a marketing scam. Everyone should read this book to understand how corrupt the drug industry is.

The author, with established credibility, reveals the inner workings of Big Pharma and how corrupt the medical system has become.

In Canada these problems don't exist to the degree that they do in the U.S. Wish I had my former (spectacular and respected) health care system down here in the U.S. Maybe someday Canada will annex Idaho??? :-)

Opinionated, self-righteous polemic. I guess it's one side of the story.

Very repetitive.

Very informative and well written; however, the information is somewhat out of date. I would love to see a revised and updated edition of this book.

I had to read this for a class... I am about 30 pages into it and the biases of the author are already overwhelming. Unless you are a big government loving, business-hating liberal, this book is not for you.

It's so true and sadly, even in 2020, the situations only get worse....

Fascinating and disturbing the extent that people will go for money. We either need to improve our ethical maturity as a race or make changes to our government to regulate this kind of behavior (i.e. manipulating the system to take billions of dollars from people for a product that isn't substantially better than what already exists).

Angell writes clearly about a very difficult and multifaceted subject. Her points are well documented, and her criticism is pragmatic while her principles remain earnest. Her sardonic wit is never too far away.

I haven't read non-fiction this good in a while. I picked up the book as part of my blogging activities for background research; but now I would say this book has empowered me and given me a greater understanding on how the world works.

tear the temple down

One has to wonder if the good outweighs the bad. This is beyond corruption and reflects as much on our government as on the big pharmaceutical companies. Anything for money. At the end of the day? Stay away from this whole charade of drug pushers.