Big Pharma - How much power do drug companies have? | DW Documentary
The pharmaceutical industry exerts a huge amount of influence on health policy. Some companies develop highly profitable drugs with public money, while others have been found to have covered up serious side effects.
The fight against Covid-19 is further fueling the greed of pharmaceutical companies. Does the industry’s influence threaten public health systems?
The industry has seen major changes in the last decade. Most of the world’s pharmaceuticals are produced by a handful of large corporations, so-called Big Pharma. They’re richer and more powerful than ever. In some cases, they can even call the shots on governmental health policies.
This documentary is the result of more than a year of research, and brings together patients, whistleblowers, lawyers, doctors and politicians, as well as representatives of the industry. Large laboratories are accused of concealing or downplaying research results to maintain their monopolies. Take the manufacturer Sanofi, whose epilepsy drug Depakine triggered a scandal throughout Europe. In the US, Johnson & Johnson has had to stand trial for driving millions of people into opioid addiction. And Novartis is one of several companies now facing huge fines over improper practices in the treatment of macular degeneration, an eye disease.
The pharmaceutical industry gets support from influential doctors. But only one-fifth of German doctors declare what they receive from drug companies. As the world battles the Coronavirus pandemic, this documentary also looks at the lobbying efforts of manufacturer Gilead, as it seeks approval for a promising drug developed largely with public money. Every company is vying to find the next miracle treatment that will help it succeed against the competition.
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Greed at the cost of people's lives is appalling.
Yes 🙌
They make themselves look good by blaming the people they kill. also when people cry out for help in various ways, they get abused for it and that makes these so-called medical professionals look good as well. so it's okay to abuse someone who wants help but when people tell doctors to take responsibility and actually try to help these people, the doctors get all offended. when the suicide rate goes up, it's never the doctors fault. this is why you'll never see me go to a doctor. I will also never be honest because honesty gets you into more trouble. If I don't ask for help, I am less likely to be abused. And if I get away with undoing my life, I won't be tortured for attempting to escape a system that won't actually help me if I do keep my life. I don't know how psychiatrists think that physical torture will make people want to live, but anyway... whenever anybody tells me that violence is never the answer, I tell them to try saying that to a doctor Who uses violence every single day to silence everybody.
@@SuperMichelleDJ idk why but your comment reminded me of the FACT that anti depressants are more likely to expedite the desire to su!c!d3 than they are to help prevent anyones depression lol
No conscience! 😢
Reptilians.
It's a shame that we don't see enough of these kinds of documentaries on mainstream TV.
Type in The Big Secret- Full Medical Documentary. It’s real good
@@isabellegrace6528any others that you suggest?
@@Sugarartanddesign money as debt, eat our way to extinction, all of free documentary.
exacty, you have to literally research this
That's because they get banned
These drug companies are ridiculous! They say they want to help save lives yet it’s not about saving lives, is it? It’s about how much money they can pocket.
DW is the epitome of true journalism. Factual information without the influence of corporate underpinnings.
Yeah. Basically we are born into this scheme. Big Pharma controls the FDA in the USA that mandates sugar, salt, chemicals in our foods and water which means our people are screwed. It is slow poison.
I totally agree with you. I just started watching these documentaries about a week ago but I am now addicted. I want to share these as far as I can
Agree with you.
Lies again? High On Religion USD SGD
I was a pharmacy tech in the USA for almost a year before i couldnt take it anymore. I worked in an area which had 50% of children in the local schools on free and reduced lunch, and the other half driving suburbans to and from their corporate job and $500,000 home. Elserly patients paying $600 for insulin when insurance lapsed. Impoverished patients on medicaid choosing which medications to get that month because they were only allowed a certain number. Parents coming from the ER asking which medications are "really" necessary because the ER visit itself was already expensive. heart breaking. soul crushing. didnt make it very long at that job.
Only 600? Mine is 1800
Take profits out of medicine. Hear Bernie Sanders
Thanks
Glad to be Canadian
US need revamp your health care system. In Canada we spend lot less per capital on health care, everything else is cheaper in US because your buying power, but why your medicines are more expensive?
A friend’s father caught hep c as a detective saving a life. He didn’t even think twice about this act. He was just doing his job. When his condition became grave many years down the line, he had to battle with insurance companies for assistance in covering the treatment. While he eventually did win, by the time he did it was far too late. He ultimately lost his fight. It is hard to not be disgusted about this.
Meanwhile, he paid taxes like the rest of the working class to make sure all those on Medicaid got the hep C drugs for free. That's how the US's democracy really works and how badly BIG PHARMA controls the Fed and State Govt and all its agencies. Very disgusting state of affairs they've put the American middle class into the last 30-40 yrs while they ALL profited from these discriminatory practices. Notice how the antarchists are never protesting against any of this? Should tell you who REALLY funds them.
Its this assh we keep on voting
People are cowards. A few shots of gun could have solved the problem and others would have been afraid to be such predators. But people are cowards until the big trouble concerns them directly, at which point it is usually too late.
Absolutely DISGUSTING how your father and others like him are treated!!
Lobbyists are to blame for this grave situation as well as the system that supports them. With Baby boomers getting older and sicker this is only going to get much worse. Regulations need to be implemented immediately!!!
Thank you DW. Good journalism is precious, and I really appreciate the effort in making these documentaries and providing it for free on youtube.
To me, the crazy part is that the research is publicly funded, but the profits are kept private. The companies say they deserve to charge such high prices, because they "take on the risk" of doing research which might not pan out. Except, much of the the research is not actually done by them, but rather universities. And the "risk" very often does pan out. Their argument is specious. The way to "regulate" this is to stop granting them such vast monopolies on these technologies. These legal monopolies are called patents. Patent law is not handed down to us on stone tablets. We can, indeed must, engineer them to maximize public value. Currently, they are mostly maximizing private value. By definition, patent law is buggy.
Friendly reminder: Johnson&Johnson skyrocketed up their prices on most products when Covid hit. Don't forget when you may be out shopping and see their items compared to other lesser known brands.
Big Pharma has ruined many lives. Law suits would consume all remaining years of life. They also have Guard Dogs at the initial exploratory gates.
Everything else went up in price too since the Pandemic. A regular take out for a single bowl of noodles used to be 9 dollars dine in, to 25 dollars delivery and 15% reduction in portion. Why? The system put a strain on everyone and the system did not help the small businesses so the businesses needed their customers to pay extra for a bowl of noodles so the business owner may stay a little more afloat. If you thought making your own bowl of noodle is more economical, guess again, everything in the grocery stores have also jacked up their prices. What used to cost 1 dollar a bowl to make at home is now 8 dollars. We vote every year for people who strive for IG stardom, not for our humanity and dignity. Deep think people. Deep think.
They produce cancer causing products.
I am sure that, now, only needing 2 J&J covid19 doses, will help their prices jump up even higher!!!
@@VIsTheMusic ramen is like .69 cents,don't go out to eat noodles then.
EVERYONE IN AMERICA SHOULD BE MADE TO WATCH THIS.
Happening all around the world. Maybe everyone in the world should watch it :)
I believe everyone should watch but, It will not change the minds of those who choose to believe otherwise no matter how many times they watch.
The world chico
@@croaglifestaybroke3972 Reality is most country have bargaining agreements with the distributors to limit their prices for access to the markets. The US however doesn't, leaving it to the private markets to regulate itself(a catch 22 since they are usually in bed with each other), and why the US remains one of the few places where having a minor accident could still bankrupt you.
I am not a American but what I gather is that Obama care made health insurance so expensive that the majority of Americans don't like there health system no more I think because of Obama care everyone pays the same rate for insurance rather ur a health slim 18 year old getting there frist insurance or a 60 year old who has just been diagnosed with cancer getting there frist insurance
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How does this guy sleep at night, I get pushing a price up, but 5,000 % is absolutely insane.
He takes NyQuil
People like this sleep just fine. He believes he is entitled to do what he did and entitled to all the profits and all the attention.
He’s a sociopath. No problem sleeping at all.
I know a man who has a pharma lab. In the beginning I found it awesome, researching new drugs to help people. Then I asked him if he had taken part in some big project, meaning some cure for an incurable illness or something like that. His answer was: "oh, yes, I have made big money with a couple of things". It was so obvious that he didn't care about people. He only could think of money.
Hello 👋
My twin brother works for the devil
@@TV-ij3lv Wow!!! 😩
@@willamsvax5051 big pharm scientist
how many garbage collectors really enjoy picking up our trash and would do it for free at times just to be good people? Why should one business be about caring and not all others? If you care so much, spend 8+ years in higher education and then do that job for little profit.
Deep respect and appreciation for the lady who lead the efforts to uncover the truth for the benefit of mankind.
I listened to another documentary earlier about this topic. Granted it was a much older one, but it mentioned something interesting. They questioned some pharmaceutical companies about why the prices were so high and their response was part of it was to cover their research costs. But the American doctor they were questioning, the former editor-in-chief, says they outsource their research, or rather, buy the rights to the drug from independent labs that are essentially government funded (grant money). You have to wonder if back in the 90s and early 2000s, if that's what these companies meant by "cover their research costs." To regain what they spent on acquiring the drug in the first place.
This documentary exposes the complex web of interests within the pharmaceutical industry, shedding light on important issues affecting public health. It's crucial to hold companies accountable and ensure transparency in healthcare. Thank you for bringing these concerns to the forefront.
They have so much power that they made political leaders their pimp.
Yeah, but you know whats great? We can still vote them out.. just have to make it easy to vote.
They made political leaders their pimp? You got it mixed up, it's the other way :p Big business is the pimp, and the politicians are the hoes.
@@luukielol1 couldn't of said it better
Barack Obama is a damn fine example
Tell me how capitalism is better rhan communism when the same things are happening in both systems the oil and gas companies as well as the pharmaceutical companies in the west control thr government cos of the power and miney they have over them both basically explotiing the system to only benefit them just goes to show that whoever is in power are the people that make the systems corrupt and awful I fully believe that capitalism can be better for everyone and benefit everyone the same with communism if ran by the right people, but that will never happen and aslong as there is a minority that governs for tbe majority there will always be corruption and dodgy backhands
Superb documentary. We need more documentaries like this about the banks, fast food chains, supermarkets and other corporates.
Thanks for watching and for the support!
Central banks and governance can be partially replace using crypto. Fast food chains? Who cares about their garbage. Supermarkets are glorified product discoverers, logistics, and price negotiators. All that can be replaced by direct multi producer to multi consumer delivery system using drones and internet for display of products and negotiating. Supermarket is just a big fridge .. Go in grab X pay cashless to an automated system go out. Central banks are just liquidity deciders .. Fast food chains: Just take nuts,walnuts,peanutrs,etc with you on the job .. Why eat overpriced mcdonalds garbage optimized for addicting you .. I envsion the future where each business drives the cost of a product to almost zero and people get rewarded in recognition, as national heroes. While i don't like china totalitarianism china is probably on the right track of future
I don't know about banks but fast food chains and some cases the supermarkets are connected to Big Pharma. The fund the FDA (FOOD and Drug Administration) where they classified these chemicals or mandate the amount of sugar and salt as safe so they can sell it to the people then it would get them sick overtime (slow poison) so you are born into a system that makes Big Pharma money from the beginning.
Only problem is that 90% of it was lies. The drug companies and the governments are working together for population control, not better health!
I created the word Customercide for the Companies that kill their customers with their toxic products, murderous practices, and attitudes. I define it as any Business that creates, produces, distributes, and/or promotes any product and/or substance that knowingly contains any toxic ingredients and/or components that cause permanent injuries and/or death from the use and/or consumption of.
DW you are amazing at covering important topics thanks for all your hard work it is much appreciated i'm sure many agree with me! take care!
"All pharmas are looking for the block buster drug. " This phrase sums up everything! I don't think they are interested in making a drug that would heal because 1 less patient is 1 less income for them. What they are interested in is making a drug that would control the disease and keep their patients at the same time.
Good job DW. Netflix couldn’t put something out like this
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Five years ago, when I was in business school, we had a case study (don't remember whether the authors were from Harvard or MIT Sloan) on pharmaceutical industry product strategy. Our professor discussed what other industries could learn from them, but we spent no time discussing social responsibility or the societal consequences of these strategies.
@N Fels Most modern bschool case studies do cover social impact. Sustainability is an emerging MBA major. Anyway my point was that blockbuster drugs are a feature of the industry, not a bug because of how business executives are trained.
@N Fels actually braindead or just pretending?
That's really unfortunate. I hope future students ask for a more well rounded discussion that includes the ethics of business strategies.
Capitals have glued their eyes to the maximum profits. They don’t want to see any social responsibilities or consequences…..
@@lisashung9442 Capitalists* and no - this isnt due to capitalism - that would be a free market and competition among manufacturers. This is corporatism. Medical Patents enforced by government regulations & force. Nobody is allowed to compete with these companies - as enforced by the law.
Well, considering how medicated the general population is now, I'd say they have tremendous power over people. A lady friend of mine who is a pharmacist reminds me about how dependent people are of their prescriptions. It used to be only old people, but doctors have slowly opened the gateway to younger and younger children now. Many of which become heavily addicted to substances before they even have a chance to fully mature.
I think that doctors get incentives from big Pharma
Practicing medicine and healthcare are worlds apart
Excellent Documentry should be telivised all over the world repeatedly.
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Absolutely.......in schools too.
@@DWDocumentary make one about the weapon industry
@@juliemercer1458 most people will never get how this world is being run
“All over America” you mean? cos some of us in other parts of the world have free healthcare and our government negotiates prices with manufacturers and don’t accept big or small pharma’s rubbish. We the citizens get medication for free or for the same price regardless of the medicine. Which is very cheap. Eg in England, every medication is £9. No more no less, and not everyone pays 🙂
The guy seems so proud he increased the prices insanely high. And their investors are as crazy as him
Not crazy, sociopaths Ref Doc New Corporation by Joel Bakan
Its how the system works bud don't hate the player hate the game
Greed will not get him to HEAVEN WITH JESUS!!!!
@@Gordonz1 Yes indeed. Gates does the same when speaking about compulsory euthanasia, genocide, eugenics and population control … with thinly veiled glee!
@@lutze5086 hate the player too he knew the rules and he still agreed to play.
As a pharm tech student I can stand testment to this. They won't pay even if there is a tiny mistake.
As a pharmacy technician, I DISAGREE with what big drug companies are doing. It is NOT my fault that your medication is in the hundreds. I'm just the messenger and I dispense it, and we do not shoot the messenger. We can try to apply coupons to it, but that is all we can really do. These companies have no heart when it comes to humanity.
you actually have a point. Everybody is free to make the choises they want, nobody is free from what it brings with it. There is no luck or bad luck too as people believe, everything in peoples lifes is determened by their choises.
You're looking through the wrong end of a telescope You're the human they call a rat
Did ever get blamed for it?
If this is the way drugs are made, (for profit), we might as well not have these firms.
I never thought to blame the cashier, the pharmacist or even the drug store for the cost of my medication. That would be plain old silly.
After working in pharmacy for 17 years, i can say that its just like any other industry, corruption and greed.
I'll be studying pharmacy soon, I hope I can help people one day. What was it like the past 17 years ?
@@omerel-tag7172 you will help people much more if you study medicine (including natural medicine) and work for an integrative medicine clinic. If you work in pharmacy, you will be contributing to this broken and criminal medical system which should be reformed. What do those people do when they or their family member are left penniless after medical treatments or if they cannot afford a much needed treatment? Right, they become criminals, so it is like they are almost being pushed to break the law because they are so desperate. This medical system is pure evil. At the end of the day, you will be asking yourself if the money you are making can justify the suffering of other people. If you have no soul, you'll be just fine.
That last question @@marias5088 is what I was asking myself and it's not worth it.
@@omerel-tag7172 Well, in that case, may you be blessed!
While I dis like being suckered I dis like being suckered and killed at the same time more.
I knew someone in Vietnam who had to pay for medication to prevent worms in their children. The school charged them around $1 USD per pill. I looked up the price of the exact same medication in the USA. It was $750.
The same company probably had a hand in the manufacture of Agent Orange.
Vietnam//Agent Orange//Glyphosate//GMOs !!!
@@toni4729 Our government distributed it for free. On a side note, adults can also get worms, even in rich countries. Deworming should be done annually for both adults and children.
yep, Ivermectin
It's outrageous and we shouldn't stand for it anymore! Thanks Republicans for CORRUPTING the FDA and the USDA.
DW Documentries are absolute amazing
@6,42 just the mention of Johnson & Johnson makes me fuming, they have been selling baby talcum powder with asbestos fibres in it, knowingly (internal studies recently made public proves), and without addressing the problem. This is an area that needs to become either 1 regulated much more and become much more transparent, forced share more with private and public efforts into progress, or 2 made public...for the best of human health and to prevent them cashing in on gigantic margins on certain drugs
I love DW documentaries and their ability to remain unbiased in most documentaries. I’m surprised they didn’t mention Bayer in the list.
Yes, they forgetting Aflibercept(eyelea).
From Bayer
The way they liked this comment..lol
There is always a bias, did we for instance hear how many people the drug companies despite their shady business methods actually save? Did the ousted companies get the option to tell their side of the story? Well after 30 min they asked 1 company to answer a couple questions, with the rest of the 42 min devoted to people thrashing them. Overall this is as one sided as any other documentary. Its just a side you happen to agree with(you and me both) so you don´t notice the obvious bias. This documentary was specifically made to expose certain methods and actions that the makers of the documentary(along with everyone else of course) obviously where against. It was not a "hey lets try to research this subject and see what we find" kind of documentary.
@@1112viggo - Agreed. Calling this “documentary” biased is a really putting it mildly. Starts right off the bat by focusing on the US, as if the situation there was universally representative.
I read a book about 20 years ago about the control the pharmaceutical industry has. It also talked about their plan to get everyone on a recurring prescription. It mentioned how they release dangerous drugs knowing their profits will greatly exceed any lawsuit settlement they may have to pay at a later date.
This multi-million dollar lawsuit settlements Big Pharma is subjected to is a small pimple on their big fat butts. Gates announced 2 weeks ago he already earned $600 Billion on the jab in one year's time. Do you think he's worried about any lawsuit? He already divorced his wife to protect 50% of his massive wealth.
Newsflash: if you live long enough you probably will develop some kind of health issue, it's almost as though we need universal health care unlinked from employment status, from cradle to grave, like every other civilized country. Also literally: we could do anything, anything, to lift disabled people out of poverty, that literally is a choice because we give plenty of tax breaks to rich corporations who don't need money, poverty is literally a policy choice. Illness... especially when you've already proven that it interferes with your ability to work... is not a crime, is it? So maybe we could become remotely enlightened at any time, and instead of punching down at struggling individuals, punch up at untaxed corporations?
Wats the name of the book
Many believe the CV Shots and especially boosters are intentionally “installing” auto immune diseases to all who take them. Requiring lifelong RX to treat those secondary illnesses.
Now did you read in Aldous Huxley and George Orwell, how the government is behind this orchestration, using the pharmaceutical companies as a front for population control, when it is really the communist governments and entities of the world pulling the purse strings, using the Federal Reserve Banking system to empower these companies. The media producing documentaries like these as damage control, to make the average citizen feel that through their own intelligence and understanding they can somehow make a wiser choice and defeat a pharmaceutical company, when it is actually pure evil operating behind the power on a supernatural level, just as Jesus proved through his crucifixion by these exact same people. Jesus healed people by faith, diet, prayer, and fasting. How many doctors will recommend these as alternatives to Big Pharma or Government sponsored health care?
I'm gonna make my teachers watch this . All of them Thank you for such a excellent documentary. Really necessary
DW thank you for good documentary done right and getting to the bottom of things much appreciated for the world to know . Much love ❤
Overwhelmingly great documentary. Kudos DW doc for exposing blatant, exorbitant greed for money without showing consideration and mercy for the needy. Thank you DW
Greed is being used as a smokescreen for pure evil communist government control of health care!
I'm a pediatric nurse and my heart aches, because there are children whoo have leukaemia dying of this disease and to think there is a single dose cure!!!!! Makes me think I should quit working for the medical establishment
Mms drops
But because of capitalism you’ll stay and work into retirement. 🤦🏾♂️ what a vicious cycle.
@@Mohammed96134 It's curable?
@@Mohammed96134 👍
@@Bfreee239 quite that Socialism talk.
I like how the guy they interview for the epilepsy medication just danced around the questions, didn’t really answer just stated objective points regarding their process and intention …
Big Pharma is one reason why American healthcare costs are totally out of control. Our insurance rates go up because of the high drug prices. My husband has high blood pressure and has had to change his medications 3 times in the past 5 years because the drug company changed their formulary just a tiny bit and then remarketed it as a new drug, meaning they could charge a fortune and that our insurance would no longer cover it. The VA is the worst offender. I'm pretty sure they have contracts with the major pharmaceutical companies because they ladle out the more expensive brand-name drugs like candy on Halloween. That's your taxes, people. I don't like the idea of government-run healthcare, not only because of the massive taxes on everything, but there's the long waits, and the government decides who gets what. But too many of the younger generation is used to getting things handed to them, and I imagine that's where we're headed. Nothing is free. Nothing.
It's up to the next generation to stay healthy. Say "No'" to fast foods and sugar. Don't smoke cigarettes. It helps.
Yeah right that will never happen!!!! But it would be nice if it did!!!
So Whisky, Weed an' Coke are OK then? Yay for me.
@@hornetobiker 🤣
Christ said(for a healthy life bathe in the sands by the sea.
@@tammyhall1008 The worst part of a cigarette is the toxic bleached paper.
The pharmacutical industry's main concern is Profit. Their concern is shareholders not patient. It's a very Cruel business model because if you can't pay for it you don't get it.
Martin showed UP to show out and honestly I love him for exposing the dark side of all this as bluntly as he did.
THIS VIDEO SHOULD be ON TV 24/ 7 !!!!
Hospitals are businesses. Same as any. Except most other businesses give you coupons or discounts
You pay nothing to hospital visits in other countries cos they're funded through tax payers money
@@AFndjdj7373 someone pays for your "free" hospital visit just not you freeloader.
@@robroberts1473 *We* pay for it *ourselves* through taxes.
@@Jablicek you honestly think the tiny bit of taxes you pay covers your costs?
@@robroberts1473 How much of your money goes in taxes? Sales tax/VAT, income tax/payroll tax, import duties, stamp duties, council tax, excise tax, corporation tax (they pass that cost on to us), national insurance, the list goes on. If you think it's a "tiny bit" of tax I want to know your accountant.
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This isn't capitalism. This is corporatism. Medical Patents enforced by government regulations & force. Nobody is allowed to compete with these companies - as enforced by the law. Capitalism would be a free market economy promoting COMPETITION among manufacturers. Competition = cheap prices. Government enforced "patents" is what allows corporatism to reign in. No competition is allowed in a market full of 'patents'.
@@DWDocumentary Thousands thanks to all the research team. Your documentaries are not only educating me but also challenging my attitudes towards a better lifestyle.
When I picked up hep c drug type 3 drug from the doctors offices for my gf, the doctors office told me to be careful with the drug. The price of hepatitis C drug was 130,000 dollars. That drug was in my hands.
That Martin dude had a seriously evil smile, scary that he could have that much power over people’s medication costs.
You want to punch his smug face, but at least he was honest about the price gouging that most pharma companies won't admit to.
Any of you Hepatitis C patients now know to go to the southern hemisphere on vacation and get a doctor to prescribe the $80.00 treatment instead of the $50k.
My sister was freed from hepC......with this new experimental drug.... She died 3 months later from bad side efects.....
I hope it's only the ones who don't have health insurance otherwise big pharma will raise prices in the southern hemisphere
or use vitamin c in mega dose. you dont need docs.
Or just buy mms drops.
This doc was an eye-opener. Some countries are making generic copies and selling at dirt cheap but they can't sell them where the original is patented. eg, in Bangladesh Sofosbuvir clone tablet for treating hep C costs $7 instead of $1000 per tablet. A huge price gap that is not justifiable at all.
4.8$ in india
A jar or1000 pills of Oxycontin was going for 17 bucks in Canada.
I need to get my hands on some pain pills in case of emergency
@@Tambrose0405 Wild Lettuce???
Because no one goes to the streets in US because of it. Most of US are in spell of the media or I don't know... maybe just ignorant or agreeable. I guess other governments wouldn't get away with this (not here for sure).
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The doctor just prescribed me a medication for heart attack ,, the pharmacy wanted 565 USD . I couldn’t buy it so I’ll have to manage without it
The only channel that lightens my day with dark disturbing topics. Love it.
great comment
Lol the passive aggressive statement of releasing this now. The way the vaccine happened and is paid for. Is super suspicious. And super shady. And big pharma has no liability for any issues or side effects. What idiot signed that contract?
But sometimes they spread misinformation not all the time but sometimes they do and are also bias
@@nope6908more than sometimes. Most the time. 🤷♂️
Lol
Imagine how nice capitalism could be if lobbying wasn't allowed, and governments would actually do their job and regulate big companies.
No there shouldn't be any government incentive for any business, but when it comes to healthcare or food production... I mean but yes I just wish there was less regulation corruption and favoritism.
If you let capital go free, of course it will seek for profit, maximum profit and profit only.
and ban interests on loans
@@antevenio8303 but then without interest you lose the incentive to take a risk by giving out loans... But it depends the type of loans you're talking about. Government play money to themselves/mega "too big to fail" corporations or personal/private corporate loans?
governments should just leave everything alone. people will find alternatives. They want us to think that there are no alternatives. there are alternatives. Daraprim? lol just take vitamin C. its far superior.
God bless the doctor who says the pricing to him of the medicines is absolutely indefensible.
This is why they allow direct advertising to consumers. It drives sales, regardless of whether or not people need it. They advertise antidepressants like snake oil, it'll cure your depression,your appetite, your pain, everything...ugh.
No marketing govt prescription no knowledge sharing Sanskrit Braham Pharma knowledge
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@@DWDocumentary If doctors were instructed to use the patent-free Ivermectin last April 2020 this whole nightmare wouldn't have occurred. Treating covid with ivermectin is easier than treating the flu. Each jab is a coin to Big Pharma and they can't get enough of it, booster shots forever, no liability for side-effects or death.
@@DWDocumentary i fully agree - you will be awarded medals of excellence and bravery - brilliant journalism - well worded! everything is pretty much excellent - thank you - the world needs you ! and thanks to you all- has you ! we also have your back .... :)
This isn't capitalism. This is corporatism. Medical Patents enforced by government regulations & force. Nobody is allowed to compete with these companies - as enforced by the law. Capitalism would be a free market economy promoting COMPETITION among manufacturers. Competition = cheap prices. Government enforced "patents" is what allows corporatism to reign in. No competition is allowed in a market full of 'patents'.
So independent that they focused on every corrupt pharmaceutical company EXCEPT THE GERMAN ONE. You are all mindless sheep
Best decomentry ever to see in my life, thanks Dw.
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A patient cured is a patient lost
I wish they went more in depth on how something publicly funded became privately owned. Seems to m if the tax payer paid for it then it shouldn't cost us extra to get it.
Yeah!!!!
Yeah or cost nothing. That is why USA is a giant scam. We pay taxes then more and more taxes but we got nothing because most of that tax money goes into the military.
Pharmaceutics are necessary in medicine, but the goal should be on treatment outcomes, not monetary gain. Ethically, I think it is incorrect to push one medication over another, basing choice off of anything other than efficacy and limitations on side effects. First hand I have seen these pharmaceutical companies take ahold of physicians, and allow the physician to make choices for patients that may not be what is in the patients best interest. Many pharmaceutical companies will come into a doctor’s office, bribe them with food or other benefits, and tell the doctor why their product is better than another. This would be completely fine if their product was actually better than others, or was to show better efficacy and the treatment is what is needed by the patient, but this all too often is not the case. Many treatments are given to patients, or even pushed on patients for monetary gain on the physicians part. I can see why physicians are coerced to do so, they may only have to apply a specific item, or inject a specific solution which may take them 5 minutes, and provide them with hundreds of dollars just for using that companies product. Would the physician have used this product for the patient, if there was no benefit to themselves, or is the doctor pushing these products and finding ways this could benefit the patient just for self-gain. It is a hard question to ask yourself, but a the end of the day it comes down to what is best for the patient,. I think it is ethically immoral to do something, or provide a service that you would not do otherwise, unless there is a financial gain for the provider. Picking one medication over another due to its effects for the patient are one thing, but if there is any persuasion that benefits anyone other than the patient, there is a problem. Drug companies find ways to push their product, which at the end of the day is their main goal, as they are not the ones who should be advocating for the patient. We have seen this in recent history, with the race for the COVID vaccine. Different companies, all racing to make their product to sell to the millions of people who were required to get it. I think it is immoral to have people choose which source they must get their medication from, and for the common person this may be a very hard choice. Today, you will see pharmaceutical companies making a medication where many people suffer from side effects from their product, and then that same company will have another product to fix the side effects that their product is causing. This to me, seems like a monopoly, and hurts nobody else but the consumer, who may be a consumer based off necessity, or medical need.
Thank you very much for this insightful documentary
Always a home run with these DW investigative documentaries.
Congratulations for another great documentary! You are the best! Thank you for the courage to open the can of worms 🐛
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Agree Alisen!! 💯💯💯💯💯
@@DWDocumentary Do a vid on biofilm
The dang big Pharma decided to have natural medicine been outlawed so they could grow into bigger Pharma why do you think cannabis was against the law any idea not talking about pocket and marijuana I meanCannabis the real plan it is a healing plant so many others just an opinion
@@kyndamachrous7466 yes because they cannot control the market on marijuana so it’s banned. Politicians are responsible for catering to the big pharma and allowing the industry to control the products put on the market.
Dr. Marcia Angell sums it up beautifully at the end 41:00
best ever doc i have ever seen😊
One of the reason why I love DW documentaries.
Them and big oil pretty much make sure it works in their interest any means necessary
Heard somewhere that make most pharmaceuticals drugs out of petroleum and industrial waste and by products
To all the people that said capitalism is good you heard it from Martin himself the reason he's doing this is for success, ye it seems bad but that's how you flourish in a capitalistic free market you fuck everyone else over who's not on your team to make everyone on your team rich, he literally admitted it himself anyone that thinks capitalism is good it's really not cos of things like this
And now the electric energy companies 😉😉 are doing the same thing
@@D-A-A- it’s also the patent system that makes competition almost impossible during the time
@@christopherlee-hudson3283 are you agreeing with me there basically saying the further one get into their business less chance of competing against them making the system flawed ?
DW is as good as true reporting documentaries go.
Such a valuable video, should be going viral, please share people. :(
Share this on any platform you can on Friday evening your local time or Sunday afternoon. One of best channels outthere. So many valuable documentaries.
People should be made to sit and watch this. This is how it all works! Brilliant documentry, thank you 👍👌
Wowww DW :) Another masterpiece.
I've always perceived Mark Zuckerberg as an evil person, but after hearing about Martin Shkreli...I see Mark as an angel.
My first DW documentary and I'm already a subscriber, usually I watch quite a few episodes before subscribing to a channel. Well done!
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so frustrating .... health (and education) should never be privatized for profit.
I was a marketing director of a pharma company. We made several hundred % profit😢. I am so sorry to be a part of it. But I took an oath to protect people's life
If only Americans and people around the world understood that the food they eat is exactly the reason why they are sick. These companies would be a thing of the past.
Because otherwise no one would get sick and we would all turn 150 right? Like in the good old days?
@@suzanne5574 more disease and suffering has been caused by food companies and pharmaceutical companies than any other person such as Stalin Mao or Hitler combined !
@@suzanne5574 Of course not but a healthy way of living would significantly minimise most of the avoidable and most common health problems that we face today like heart disease, cancer, strokes, etc.
DW deserves top awards for this documentary, the only channel that light up the world in this dark time. FDA, and governments are pimping for these pharmaceutical companies; and most people are still living in the green coloured Matrix.
The same goes for weapon industry
Son Of I When doing bussiness integrity is bussiness. No Integrity. No Agreement. No Contract. No Business. Bussiness is Null. Especially when doing bussiness with bad actor's who are "Safety Issues" to society.
like Covid?
🤮 full of propaganda
I've recently discovered this channel and it's absolutely beautiful the way they work towards portraying such hard hitting messages in an unbiased manner. Thank you for working so hard on these documentaries and educating people. Y'all are amazing ❤️
They are trying to warn everyone that communism behavior is what those big pharma people are displaying.
Thank you for this information. Here in the US money is priority over people. Profits are supposed to “trickle down” instead continue to trickle up, increasing the disparity between the classes.
If the politicians had been courageous enough to stand up to the pharma companies and lobbyists FROM THE START, this sad state of affairs might not have happened. Also, the sleazy business practices of big pharma need to be addressed worldwide.
watching DW even before it was launched officially in India...one of the best channels..
Incredible coverage on varied subjects :) Kudos to DW documentary team :)
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@@DWDocumentary Is there any justifyable reason why this video didnt mention Bayer as one of the Big Pharma culprits? Oh! I see. Too close to home
@39.49 "each country defends its pharma companies" DW is a german outlet, so its natural for them to ignore bayer pharmaceutical... you should study about bayer vs union of India regarding an anti cancer drug called 'nexavar'...Bayer CEO specifically said that "nexavar is only for rich patients who can afford it and not for the poor"
@@india........ Excellent point.
They have enormous influence over the governments, drug controllers, media.. Most importantly they have the power to instill fear in the minds of the people.. They can twist any scientific research in their own advantages
The irony of talking about epilepsy medication while using a flashing light as B-Roll
Thanks DW for bringing the actual important neglected topics to the limelight.
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Let me grab my popcorn and enjoy this video. To the person reading this: Even though I don’t know you, I wish you the best of what life has to offer.
Thats a very kind sentiment. Back at ya have a great day!
You too boo!
Thanks that kind of you thank you 🙏 God bless you
You don't have to wish me anything, I live in a country where private corporations don't have our politicians in their back pockets
YOU AS WELL my fellow earth angel. Keep touching lives. ☝️ 💛👐
People need to know this, the only reason why we manage to get cheap medications is because of India. The regulations in India allow their pharma to remake medicines and sell them at cheaper prices at which their people as well as people around the world can afford. They are literally life savers.
You're saying India's governments prohibits pharmaceutical companies from patenting their products, therefore, allowing other companies to use their own formulation of the same drug, creating a fair market place, which contribute to lower prices for consumers?? That's a step in the right direction, I suppose.
God bless India!
I used to think that something was off because their drugs were always so cheap and even refused to buy medications made in India. Now I'm definitely buying anything Ranbaxy comes up with yay😁
Very true. They are literally saving our lives here in Cameroon.
I second that, most raw materials for drugs have been sourced through India because it's more cost effective to do so.
Marcia Angell - a voice I trust. Interesting video. I will replay later - if it is still available.
amazing documentery imformative everyone should see it
LOL it always makes me laugh when people say martin shkreli is the 'most evil man in america.' he's literally just the only one that gets mainstream attention for ONE drug he hiked the price up. price hikes like that happen every day and he's the only one that get sh*t on for doing it. he literally has tutorials explain how it's all done on his youtube channel
exactly. at least he had the guts to show himself in public
He was a scapegoat that was paid a huge fortune to attract all the attention no doubt.
Laugh then...that speaks volumes about your own vile nature. 👊🏻🤮
yeah, for example. ALL the people at the world economic forum. Like Klaus Schwab "You will own nothin, and you will be happy". Also wants to exterminate us all by 2030 in camps...Thats right
@@brendanj383 yeah they're totally gonna genocide us all like they don't need our labour Keep dreaming
Chapeau bas for the DW crew. Very informative and eye opening.
Thank you for your extensive research and information available for us to discover the real truth behind these greedy corporation regarding healthcare, food, and all the industries that pollute our environment.
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great work by DW
we need a public service broadcaster like the german DW in other countries that arent scared to speak out about stuff like this
Thank you, DW, for such great documentary!
Everywhere should be made to watch this
Are you any different DW? You DIDN'T feature any GERMAN pharma company! Why? Except that really great documentary! Keep it up....
22:56 I work in this Precise Industry!! In the USA, it's called a 503B Pharmacy. We ensure the Sterility, Quality, and all items used before the hospitals use them. It is a greatly needed part to ensure that the right doses are used. Very important indeed because when a Hospital does this, it's guaranteed for only 7 days. My company ensures for 90. That means less waste, more shelf life, and therefore more access for patients