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solanpolarn's review
5.0
Interesting, thought-provoking, well-written and above all scary and anger-inducing book about how badly designed trials and the withholding of data are harming and killing patients.
tasurima's review
3.0
Basically Big Pharma is shady AF.
Reading this has opened my eyes to the world of medicine in industry, academia and regulation. I would give this 5 stars for making me so much more informed - HOWEVER, I've settled for 3 simply because I found it a complete drag to read at times.
Reading this has opened my eyes to the world of medicine in industry, academia and regulation. I would give this 5 stars for making me so much more informed - HOWEVER, I've settled for 3 simply because I found it a complete drag to read at times.
erika_is_reading's review against another edition
1.0
Had to add a new shelf -- demagoguery -- for this one. Good God. But then again, his website says he frequently gives speeches in rock venues, so what do you expect.
mrblonde91's review against another edition
5.0
Fascinating insight into the corruption that is rife in pharma and how it permeates medicine.
ekfmef's review against another edition
informative
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4.0
This should be mandatory reading in med school. I knew most of the figures and facts - after doing a PhD for 4 years and getting lots of education on publication bias and open science - but it is essential that every doctor is aware of this.
I once had to give a talk on a new guideline that pushed a very expensive drug. The guideline based itself on one meta analysis, and it sucked. But my audience thought I was being too nitpicky. It's now years later and I want to look up how much money my audience got from pharma 😂
I once had to give a talk on a new guideline that pushed a very expensive drug. The guideline based itself on one meta analysis, and it sucked. But my audience thought I was being too nitpicky. It's now years later and I want to look up how much money my audience got from pharma 😂
seventhswan's review
4.0
Not a particularly easy read but a very necessary one. I went from "disappointed but not surprised" to "actively outraged" over the course of the book, and would love another update on how Goldacre's work is going.