"Last Week Tonight" with John Oliver returned last night with guns a-blazing.
Oliver broke down the pharmaceutical business.
Drug companies know that doctors hold all the real power in the prescription drug business which is why while they spend nearly four billion dollars a year marketing directly to us, they spend an estimated 24 billion dollars a year marketing directly to doctors.
Alan: A highly-regarded Duke Medical Center pathologist confided: "If humankind adopted a Mediterranean diet,
the health benefits would outweigh all drugs in the pharmacopeia with the exception of insulin and antibiotics."
the health benefits would outweigh all drugs in the pharmacopeia with the exception of insulin and antibiotics."
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