December 11, 2003
GlaxoSmithKline Boss Admits Most Drugs Don't Work for Most People
From The Independent:
A senior executive with Britain's biggest drugs company has admitted that most prescription medicines do not work on most people who take them. ... It is an open secret within the drugs industry that most of its products are ineffective in most patients but this is the first time that such a senior drugs boss has gone public. ... [Allen Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GlaxoSmithKline said,]"The vast majority of drugs – more than 90 per cent – only work in 30 or 50 per cent of the people."
(via The Sideshow)
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