Dr. Sabet's

There has been a lot of publicity about  physicians acting as marketing tools for the drug companies.  I am glad that the issue is being publicized, since any uncontrolled and non-transparent process is subject to abuse.  The natural follow-up question is whether to trust a doctor that speaks and accepts payment on behalf of the pharmaceutical companies.  [...]

The current economic downtrend and all the deserved and undeserved criticisms of the drug companies seem to have slowed down the pace of new therapies dramatically.  The high cost of research as well as the development of a subtle bias against medications and biological therapies seem to be discouraging innovation and pioneering work. We see a lot of repackaging and [...]