About this episode

The episode discusses the pervasive influence of Big Pharma on medical research and healthcare institutions.

We talk a lot about Big Pharma throughout this podcast but today we discuss its many tentacles. Soon after making the podcast, Alan watched a hockey game and there was a drug ad on the ice! The Pharma industry controls virtually all medical research; subsidizes medical schools whose "expert" physicians are dependent on Pharma funds to pay for their grants; finances and provides leadership for many respected institutions such as the FDA, CDC, American Diabetes Association, Alzheime...

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