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Do you think pharmaceutical companies will make more profit if people try to correct their eating habits after watching this documentary?

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Not every disease
for which the pharmaceutical business provides a drug is necessarily a major public health problem

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For example: Risk factors, such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure, are declared diseases in their own right.
• Drug companies use these risk factors to increase their revenue

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The current value of the cholesterol-lowering drug industry is estimated at around $29 billion

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Pharmaceutical companies research, develop and exploit drugs to prevent, control and cure diseases and treat symptoms. Companies then market these medications to recoup their investments and reward shareholders

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We feel this quote refers to the fact that medicines only cover up symptoms but they don't actually work to rid the body of disease. Meaning that pharmaceutical companies are profiting off of the public being sick rather than our well being.

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We feel this quote refers to the fact that medicines only cover up symptoms but they don't actually work to rid the body of disease. Meaning that pharmaceutical companies are profiting off of the public being sick rather than our well being.

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How does pharmaceutical lobbying affect citizens? Positively or negatively?

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How does pharmaceutical lobbying affect citizens? Positively or negatively?

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With the top pharmaceutical companies so far up the ranks, is it possible for any other companies to rise to the top? How?
- Ajay

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- a lobbyist is an activist who tries to persuade government official to side with them
therefore a pharmaceutical lobbyist is a representative of a pharmaceutical company trying to persuade the government

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companies spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on lobbying. Where does this money go?

- some is used to fund a politician's campaign or send them gifts in order to sway them into siding with the company

- or it may even be given to doctors

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1. use the media to your advantage, showing only the good side of the company
2. use a third party ally to deliver positive information to the public
3. talk to the opposition
4. control the conversation topic, agree to talk on a topic that is in the companies interest
5. befriend other companies with similar interests to take down the opposition
6. control the web, through the results that pop up on search engines

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The Top 5 Pharmaceutical Companies in 2017 are 

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The Top 5 Pharmaceutical Companies in 2017 are 

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Is a US pharmaceutical company based in New Jersey.
Made nearly US $40 billion this year.

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Swiss company that dropped down a position since 2016.
Made approximately US $49 billion this year.

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- before the debate lobbyists gain access to politicians through building casual relationships with them by inviting them to parties or taking them on private jets

- during the debate they provide information to the policymakers on how the laws they create may affect their votes in the next election and the other negative consequences that could be brought about.

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Swiss company that has jumped up two positions since 2016.
Roche is present in Europe, North America, South America, and also Asia.
Made US $50 billion this year.

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American company that has also jumped up two spots since 2016.
This company focuses mainly on neuroscience, metabolic diseases, and rare diseases, and they also develop vaccines.
Made roughly US $53 billion this year.

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It would seem to serve the interests of society, but some characterize it as a vicious circle in which businesses invent new diseases to match their existing drugs

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The world's largest pharmaceutical company.
The US company is well known for there products; Aveeno and the Johnson's baby care line, which have been dominating the consumer goods market.
The boost in their pharmaceutical sales is thanks to cancer drug Imbruvica, which helps patients with chronic Leukemia.
Far in the lead, Johnson and Johnson has made roughly US $72 billion in revenue this year.