We live in this myth because of a preconception that we have been carrying since 1970, the “combining-protein theory”.   “If you only eat a plate with black beans, you don’t get the full protein. You have to add another type of bean to get the same type of protein that you would get from […]

Vaccines are becoming the engine of the pharmaceutical industry.   When they tell you that the pharmaceutical companies earn more on drugs (i.e. on treating the sick rather than vaccinating them), tell them that the Italian Competition Authority itself has said: “The profitability of the vaccine sector – and in particular of the companies mentioned […]

We have often talked about GSK in recent months, now we are talking about a manager who, in 2003, reminded the world of the effectiveness of drugs in modern industry. A pharmacogenomical luminary that died in 2016, Dr. Allen Roses, who among many positions was world vice president of the genetics division for the GSK.  […]

Has GSK tested HIV drugs on orphans? GlaxoSmithKline ended up in a scandal in which children and teenagers, taken from the Incarnation Children’s Centre in New York, were used as “laboratory guinea pigs”. Orphan children from three months upwards have been used as mice in the testing of potentially toxic drugs sponsored by the pharmaceutical […]

Can we define pharmaceutical companies as mere multinationals? Their only objective is profit. Make money. Take the example of Glaxo. Over 30 billion euros per year. Both nationally and nationally, this extreme round of money has now become a business. It is not wrong to think that there is agreement to have common results in […]

One of the most advertised drugs in the pharmaceutical industry, we are talking about the vaginal ring produced by Merck, Nuvaring. After the Vioxx, another treat on the New Jersey company. How much have Merck earned in recent years from the sales of this drug? 623 million in 2011, 686 million in 2013, 723 million […]