Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

According to their website, “PhRMA, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, represents the country’s leading innovative biopharmaceutical research companies. Our members are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier and more productive lives. New medicines are an integral part of the health care system, providing doctors and patients with safe and effective treatment options, and improving quality of life” (“About”). In…

control than the general public would care to admit. This is particularly true with the greatest industry in the United States, the pharmaceutical industry. Affectionately known as “Big Pharma”, they have their influence in just about every aspect of healthcare; from the conducting of clinical trials, creating new drugs, the publication of medical journals, funding research, paying physicians commissions, and far beyond. Physicians nationwide read prestigious medical journals, such as New…

by Big Pharma Over the past decade, a new drug has been circulating around the country killing millions. There are lots of names and variations of this highly addictive and dangerous drug, and it seems to be sold on almost every street corner in America to every demographic. Law enforcement has done nothing to tackle this emergent issue, and the drugs are becoming more and more prominent. Why has no one done anything about this drug ruining millions of lives? That is because I am not talking…

Have you been curious to know how much pharmaceutical advertising you see every year? Do you know how these prescription drug advertisings influence your attitude toward medical care? “In one year, you will watch roughly sixteen hours of pharmaceutical advertisements” (Lia ) and “some 50 consumer magazines focusing on health care hit the news stands every month.”(Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America). While others argue that “Direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising helps patients…

values for Merck are to improve human life, ethics, integrity, innovation, and diversity as a team. Merck, also trading as MSD (outside Canada and the United States of America) and Merck KGaA (in Germany), has a global presence and is one of the top seven pharmaceutical companies in the world (Merck, 2013). Merck, a pharmaceutical giant, has many stakeholders. The stakeholders are always considered in decisions and decision making. A SWOT analysis did prove the organization’s strengths,…

“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price on a drug to treat infections in AIDS patients by 5,000%, from $13.50 a pill to $750 a pill thus shining a global spotlight on the United States’ precarious healthcare market. Shkreli has become the ogre of healthcare. Yet other companies have jacked up prices just as much as Shkreli did, with no consequences other than soaring stock prices. In September of 2016, the makers of the Epipen (The Epi-pen is only the…

Do pharmaceutical companies really care about us? It’s crazy to believe that people you trust, don’t care for you one bit. Big Pharma, a group of pharmaceutical companies connected with the government gets large amounts of money from the people of the world; this conspiracy that people believe can be proven as factual through research over industry funded vs. government funded pharmaceuticals and the way the government finds a way to pay less and receive more money. It’s not easy to clearly…

U.S. pharmaceutical companies employ high standards of safety, quality, and value in providing and promoting efficient medications to the healthcare consumer (Francer et al. 2014). As a trusted partner in health care, the pharmaceutical industry must comply with legal requirements and industry codes of practice, promoting health and wellness of the healthcare consumers. As members of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), our company realizes the importance of…

vaccinate their children? Is it possible that problems caused by vaccines could be as dangerous as the diseases they are designed to prevent? Further, there is serious question over conflict of interest in the granting of legal immunity to pharmaceutical manufacturers and medical practitioners, both of whom make a lot of money from immunizations. Vaccines played a role in eradicating or nearly eradicating some of the world’s most deadly diseases and epidemics. However, now that the…

purchased a drug store in Darmstadt, Germany. Few generations later, his descendent, Mr. Emanuel Merck took over the drug store in 1816. Later on, Mr. Emanuel Merck together with his successors built a chemical-pharmaceutical factory that served as a raw material producer for the pharmaceutical as well as usage for the other preparations. In the year of 1891, Mr. George Merck set up the Merck & Co Company in New York City when he migrated to United States. Due to the family partnership, Merck &…