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        Article Author: Joel Lexchin

        The Pharmaceutical Industry in Contemporary Capitalism

        The Pharmaceutical Industry in Contemporary Capitalism

        by Joel Lexchin
        • Geography
          • Global
        • Subject
          • Inequality
            • Health
          • Political Economy

        March 1, 2018

        The pharmaceutical industry has been enormously profitable for many decades. The myth is that these windfalls are warranted by the therapeutic advances made by pharmaceutical companies—but the reality is far different.

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