November 13, 2006
Astroturfing Health Budgets
Russell Brown's piece tying together how drug companies prey on cancer patients with fake grassroots campaigns to peddle low-effect, high-price treatments.
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Very interesting. It makes me wonder how much of this is behind the recent push for increased drug access here in Canada. Most of the groups do seem bona fide, but then again who questions patient advocacy groups about their funding?