We've collectively been gobbling the narrative for much longer. I've provided some choice quotes from people who reached the top of this industry. The reality is obviously much worse if you'd look at it impartially.
"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgement of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine"
Dr. Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine
"The medical profession is being bought by the pharmaceutical industry, not only in terms of the practice of medicine, but also in terms of teaching and research. The academic institutions of this country are allowing themselves to be the paid agents of the pharmaceutical industry. I think it’s disgraceful."
Arnold S. Relman, editor of the New England Journal of Medicine
"most of what is published in journals is just plain wrong or nonsense."
Richard Smith, Editor-in-chief of the British Medical Journal
We've collectively been gobbling the narrative for much longer. I've provided some choice quotes from people who reached the top of this industry. The reality is obviously much worse if you'd look at it impartially.