Big Pharma

Big Pharma
Author	Jacky Law
Country	UK
Subject	Pharmaceutical industry
Genre	Science writing, medicine, investigative journalism
Publisher	Constable (UK), Carroll & Graf (US)
Publication date	16 January 2006
Pages	256
ISBN	ISBN 978-1845291396

Big Pharma: How the World's Biggest Drug Companies Control Illness is a 2006 book by British journalist Jacky Law. The book examines how major pharmaceutical companies determine which health care problems are publicised and researched.^[1]

Outlining the history of the pharmaceutical industry, Law identifies the failure of a regulatory framework that assumes pharmaceutical companies always produce worthwhile products that society will want.^[1]

Law has written about health care for 25 years, seven of them as associate editor of Scrip Magazine, a monthly magazine for the drugs industry.^[2]

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v t e Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry in the United Kingdom Manufacturing in the United Kingdom Economy of the United Kingdom Companies Current AAH Pharmaceuticals Alliance Boots Astex AstraZeneca (MedImmune) BTG plc Cyclacel Dechra Pharmaceuticals GE Healthcare Genus GlaxoSmithKline Hikma Pharmaceuticals Intercytex MacFarlan Smith Norbrook Group Oxford BioMedica Pfizer UK Phytopharm Proximagen Renovo Shire Silence Therapeutics TBS GB Unipath Vectura Group Vernalis ViiV Healthcare Defunct Allen & Hanburys Amersham plc Beecham Group Cambridge Antibody Technology Celltech Chiroscience Distillers Company Fisons Glaxo Wellcome Reliant Pharmaceuticals Zeneca Government and regulatory bodies Commission on Human Medicines Department of Health European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines European Medicines Agency Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health National Patient Safety Agency Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland General Pharmaceutical Council Scottish Medicines Consortium Veterinary Medicines Directorate Industry and professional bodies Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry Chemical Industries Association European Federation of Biotechnology European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine Pharmacists' Defence Association Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Worshipful Society of Apothecaries Books and journals Bandolier Bad Pharma (2012) British National Formulary British National Formulary for Children Monthly Index of Medical Specialities Other British Approved Name British Pharmacopoeia DrugScope European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership European Pharmacopoeia List of world's largest pharmaceutical companies Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee Category

v t e Pharmaceutical industry in the United States Companies Abbott Laboratories Acorda Therapeutics Aderis Pharmaceuticals Adolor Corporation Alcon Alexion Pharmaceuticals Alkermes Allergan Alza Amgen Amylin Pharmaceuticals ARIAD Pharmaceuticals ARYx Therapeutics Avax Technologies more... Regulatory bodies Food and Drug Administration Professional bodies American Pharmacists Association Miscellaneous Drug rep Pharmaceutical industry in Bangladesh in India in China in Pakistan in the UK Books Bad Pharma (2012) Anatomy of an Epidemic (2010) Side Effects (2008) Big Pharma (2006) Mad in America (2002) Lists List of drugs List of largest pharmaceutical settlements List of off-label promotion pharmaceutical settlements List of pharmaceutical companies List of pharmaceutical manufacturers in the UK Related templates Pharmaceutical industry by country in the UK of the US Medicine Public health Related categories Pharmaceutical companies of the United States of Australia of Canada of Finland of India of Japan of Switzerland of the UK Category