Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Drugs companies 'inventing diseases to boost their profits'By Mark Henderson, Science Correspondent PHARMACEUTICAL companies are systematically creating diseases in order to sell more of their products, turning healthy people into patients and placing many at risk of harm, a special edition of a leading medical journal claims today. The practice of " diseasemongering " by the drug industry is promoting non-existent illnesses or exaggerating minor ones for the sake of profits, according to a set of essays published by the open-access journal *Public Library of Science Medicine.* ** http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2128371,00.html Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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