Big Pharma, Profit over People? Whoever Would Have Thought That? By Mrs Vera West

     Here is a great article showing that big Pharma is more concerned with profit making than health and helping people:
  https://www.businessinsider.com/pharma-puts-profitability-before-public-health-when-funding-research-2018-9?IR=T&utm_content=buffer7e84e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

“An Australian study has found that tactics used by tobacco, pharmaceutical, food, mining, chemical and alcohol companies serve to drive scientific research questions away from those most relevant to public health. Members of the Evidence, Policy and Influence Collaborative from the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre looked at corporate influence on research agendas across different fields. The University of Sydney study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, found that of 36 articles identified, 19 demonstrated that industries tend to prioritise lines of inquiry that focus on products, processes or activities that can be commercialised and marketed.’ The medical industry tends to fund research on products with the potential to generate revenue such as drugs and devices.”

     The article is: A. Fabbri (et al.), “The Influence of Industry Sponsorship on the Research Agenda: A Scoping Review,” American Journal of Public Health, September 25, 2018, at
  https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304677

“Corporate interests can drive research agendas away from questions that are the most relevant for public health. Strategies to counteract corporate influence on the research agenda are needed, including heightened disclosure of funding sources and conflicts of interest in published articles to allow an assessment of commercial biases. We also recommend policy actions beyond disclosure such as increasing funding for independent research and strict guidelines to regulate the interaction of research institutes with commercial entities.”

    It is the same conclusion which any open mind would reach, after investigating the health industry. Money, matters, and matters above all else.