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Big Pharma in the Overdose Crisis - A Former Drug Rep Speaks Out

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Overview

Explore a former pharmaceutical sales representative's journey from industry insider to whistleblower in this 16-minute TEDx talk. Discover how misleading marketing practices for opioids and addiction medications led to concerns about public health impact. Learn about the speaker's experiences launching a groundbreaking addiction medicine, her decision to become a whistleblower, and the resulting consequences, including billions in taxpayer repayments and a CEO's imprisonment. Gain insights into potential policy improvements for better industry oversight and understand the complex relationship between pharmaceutical marketing and the ongoing overdose crisis.

Syllabus

Big Pharma in the Overdose Crisis: A Former Drug Rep Speaks Out | Gail Groves Scott | TEDxLancaster

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  • Jethi Tanishkumar Jigneshkumar
    Good knowledge about the drug marketing and plese give a subtitle in the video in different languages because of the who not understand properly that was understanding by the caption
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    Vaibhavraj Sinha
    Very nice and interesting topic
    I came to know many bullet points thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge to us 🙏

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