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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Why Do Pharmaceutical Companies Spend Billions On Marketing Drugs To Doctors? John Oliver Is Back To Explain!


Why Do Pharmaceutical Companies Spend Billions On Marketing Drugs To Doctors? John Oliver Is Back To Explain!




America takes a lot of prescription drugs with more than 70% of Americans taking at least 1 prescription drug. A staggering 4 Billion prescriptions were written in 2011!

 We are bombarded with drug advertisements on television BUT it is scary to think that only about 20% of their marketing budgets are spent on consumer marketing and 80% on marketing directly to doctors.

 According to the BBC, 9 out of 10 Big Pharma companies do in fact spend more on marketing than on R&D.

 The point is, these pharmaceutical companies have a big a influence on doctors and they do not always public’s best interests at heat.
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