Multi-Media Resources
Television, Films and Videos
Exposé: America's Investigative Reports - A Bitter Pill
Every prescription medicine you take is tested on humans before the FDA approves it for sale and use. But if you assumed those tests are always done smartly, safely, and ethically under the watchful eyes of expert regulators, you would be wrong. Perhaps even dead wrong. Reporters David Evans, Michael Smith and Liz Willen from Bloomberg Markets magazine discovered during a yearlong investigation that "across the U.S., the centers that do the testing -- and the regulators who watch them -- allow scores of people to be injured or killed."
Frontline - Dangerous Prescriptions
More than a dozen dangerous drugs have been pulled from the market since 1997. Why were they approved in the first place? An investigation of America's drug safety system.
Media Education Foundation - Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs
Big Bucks, Big Pharma pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry to expose the insidious ways that illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created, for capital gain. Focusing on the industry's marketing practices, media scholars and health professionals help viewers understand the ways in which direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising glamorizes and normalizes the use of prescription medication, and works in tandem with promotion to doctors. Combined, these industry practices shape how both patients and doctors understand and relate to disease and treatment. Ultimately, Big Bucks, Big Pharma challenges us to ask important questions about the consequences of relying on a for-profit industry for our health and well-being.
Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety
This 50-minute documentary was created to give an in-depth, academic perspective on the questionable marketing tactics of the pharmaceutical industry, and features the commentary of investigative journalists and medical professionals including Dr. John Abramson, author of Overdosed America, and Prescription Access Litigation Project Director, Alex Sugerman-Brozan. Other notable interviewees include Dr. Bob Goodman of Columbia University, founder of the ‘No Free Lunch' program, and Dr. Jerome Hoffman of UCLA Medical School. Engaging and informative, the film offers a reasoned approach to the subject matter and is a terrific way to stimulate discussion about the ethical implications of pharmaceutical promotion.
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