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Money Talks - Profits Before Patient Safety (DVD)
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"Money Talks" conclusively puts to rest the pharmaceutical industry argument that high prescription costs are necessary because of research. Yes, research is vital, but far more funds are spent on marketing than on developing breakthrough drugs. Furthermore, research and "product testing" is increasingly outsourced to for-profit firms under the thumbs of the drug companies.
Key evidence in this persuasive film is provided by former "detail" staff for Big Pharma, the marketing people who go out and peddle prescription drugs to doctors, residents and anyone who can influence the prescription process.
The film's credibility is enhanced by the fact that the writer and director of "Money Talks" used to be a pharmaceutical shill herself.
We recommend that you buy a BuzzFlash two-fer with "Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs." That film does an excellent job of focusing on the other side of drug company marketing: how Big Pharma creates "me-too" drugs and then createw a perceived need for them among consumers. And need we mention how Big Pharma changes one small chemical component in drugs running out their patent to re-patent them and keep the price unnecessarily inflated?
"Money Talks," as we've mentioned, focuses on the physician side of marketing, and how our "revered" doctors are influenced to prescribe medications by young, attractive, perky male and female drug sales people who make "house calls" to their offices.
You know all those post-it notes, pens and magnets with the names of drugs on them that you see in physician offices? Well, "Money Talks" fills you in on where they come from and how they play a role in determining the prescriptions that you receive.
Reviews of "Money Talks":
"Money Talks presents a wealth of unsettling information and forward-looking ideas about one of the most urgent issues facing our country today. This film should be required viewing for anyone concerned about the complexities and failings of the American health care system." -Meghann Matwichuk, University of Delaware, Media Librarian/Video Round Table Notable Videos for Adults Committee Member
"Money Talks filled the gaps... things are far worse than I suspected" -Evelyn Hampton, UTNE
"Money Talks exposes shady drug industry practices... it is
important for anyone who wants to understand how
corporations are controlling their health."
-Heather Gehlert, AlterNet
"I recommend the documentary film Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety" -Christine Northrup M.D.
"A chilling documentary" -Marilynn Larkin, The Lancet
“Viewers of Slattery-Moschkau’s work will be forever changed in their perception of the pharmaceutical industry." -Bradley Lewis, M.D. Ph.D., NYU
“This documentary should be required viewing in all health care educational programs.” -David A. Apgar, R.Ph.
“The facts uncovered in this film shocked even me--and I've been a 'prevention-first' doc all along.”
-Malynn Utzinger, MD
"I can’t imagine a more compelling way to drive home the idea that we all need to be proactive about the medications we are taking and giving to our children... simply riveting.” -Dr. Dominick Riccio, chairman of the Just Say “Know” to Prescription Drugs Campaign
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