About The Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us And What To Do About It Summary

The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What To Do About It In the book, The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What To Do About It, the author, Marcia Angell, M.D, analyzes big drug companies, exposes the shocking truth of what the pharmaceutical industry has become, and argues for a much needed change. Marcia Angell is an American physician, author, and the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. Currently, she is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. This book gives example after example of how the drug industry, known as “Big Pharma, discovers few genuinely innovative drugs, spends more money on

She also uses statistical evidence, appeals to the readers emotions known as pathos, as well as her own personal experiences. I agree with her thesis, and believe that the pharmaceutical industry is corruptive and needs reforming. As a former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, a physician, and a professor at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Angell is well-qualified to comment on the pharmaceutical industry. Angell’s style of writing and her use of evidence allows her readers to trust what she is saying to be

Another example of pathos that she uses is regarding one of her personal experiences. For example, she said that after a meeting she attended, someone in the audience complained that a friend with chronic myeloid leukemia had difficulty obtaining a coupon for the drug that she was qualified for. This appeals to the audiences emotion because it makes you feel sorry for this person who is suffering from leukemia and makes the drug industry look bad for letting people who are dying suffer because they make it difficult to allow them access to drugs that they need at cheaper prices. Another example of pathos that she uses is when she says that in the United States, we are used to hearing about patients with AIDS in Third World countries going without lifesaving treatment, but now it might be happening in the United States. This appeals to the audiences emotion because it puts fear into them and makes the worry about the fact that now the U.S. might just be as bad as third world countries when it comes to people having access to drugs that could save someones life. When talking about death, people seem to have strong opinions, which makes the audience agree with Angell about the fact that the drug industry is failing and needs to be