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The current pharma business model is unsustainable

World of DTC Marketing

In pharma, growth depends on new products with hefty price tags when over 80% of voters want lower costs for their prescription drugs. They relied so much on a new drug that they tried to market a product with bad science behind it. The pharma industry is a giant behemoth that needs new drugs to survive and grow.

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Illegal online pharmacies gain traction as regulators lag behind

Pharmaceutical Technology

The FDA has flagged this issue as pharmacies selling prescription drugs illegally have proliferated over the years. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA commissioner Dr. Robert Califf says, “The illegal sale of prescription drug stimulants online puts Americans at risk and contributes to potential abuse, misuse, and overdose.”

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Pharma panics over patent wavers

World of DTC Marketing

Some say pharma should be allowed to make as much as they want because we live in a capitalist society but JAMA recently found out that price increases in branded drugs means that people will often go without their medications. But what about the costs to develop new drugs and the failure rates?

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