Attacks Quote by Alex Gibney

Now is not the time to give greater protections to pharmaceutical companies that put unsafe drugs like Vioxx on the market. Such protections have…

— Dennis Cardoza

Drugs should be available for cheap prices for patients.

— Pinarayi Vijayan

A few drugs - such as beta-blockers, statins and glycogen control medications - have proved very effective at managing hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and…

— Sendhil Mullainathan

It's crucial to keep in mind that the hundreds of millions of dollars now spent on prescription drug advertisements are ultimately paid for by…

— Michael K. Simpson

Insurance companies, drug companies are going to have to be ponying up, partly because right now they're receiving huge subsidies.

— Barack Obama

Private companies mostly manufacture medications that resemble what we've already got. They get it patented and, with a hefty dose of marketing, a legion…

— Rutger Bregman

Competition is the best way to ensure prescription drugs are affordable.

— Amy Klobuchar

Here's where the insurance companies really fail us. They over-pay hospitals, specialists and drug companies and then raise premiums to cover the costs. Further,…

— Alex Gibney

When a company is fairly certain of a profit margin that is substantial, it can assume responsibility for the clinical trials to develop a…

— Anonymous

The pricing of a pharmaceutical product is opaque and frustrating, especially for patients.

— Heather Bresch

Financial risk is always associated with drug discovery. But the benefit that a blockbuster drug can bring to the business can be phenomenal if…

— Pankaj Patel

Pharmaceutical companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in new HIV/AIDS treatments not out of altruism but because they can make up those…

— David Mixner