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In 2001 Hoffmann-La Roche's drug Accutane was advertising in the billions worldwide as a treatment for acne. For individuals who suffered from extreme, scarring acne, it was something of any miraculous treatment; however facts started to support that for others it was a loss of life sentence. Over another couple of years, it was projected that between 300 and 3,000 young people being prescribed Accutane since its release had committed suicide. Dr. Doug Bremner, a teacher of psychiatry and radiology at Emory University or college, found that the drug did impact the brain more likely to cause acute depressive disorder in a few patients, which was not surprising as it is a molecular cousin of Vitamin supplements A, which is known to cause depressive disorder in excessive volumes. One might think the drug company would have welcomed these studies. You could reconsider on any particular one. The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg is the account of what Hoffmann-La Roche did next, which was to prosecute a decided, enthusiastic, and vindictive advertising campaign against Dr. Bremner, designed to suppress his studies and damage his job and livelihood. Knowing that the life of any whistleblower is rarely a happy one, why did Dr. Bremner decide to take anything that Hoffman-La Roche could throw at him somewhat than back down? It could be that he had a strong belief that the general public should be well informed about the medial side ramifications of drugs to become able to make a target decision, but maybe there was also a more emotional one stretching back to an equally decided, enthusiastic, and vindictive web of secrecy predicated on a pivotal and distressing event in his child years, which he was also decided to access the bottom of. From the pen of the author of Before You Take That Pill: Why the Medicine Industry May Be Harmful to Your Health, this is a riveting and mental listen detailing precisely what it costs to take on the entire might of one of the major corporations on earth.
