With a license to kill : a critical look at the ethics of the pharmaceutical industry / by John Josefson.

Milton Keynes : Lightning Source UK, 2006.

121 pages ; 23 cm

In the pink of wealth: change in the industry since the 1980s, and where the high profits come from -- Influencing the system: the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on the ecosystem around it -- Unhealthy trends: current trends in the market and the industry abuse of the system -- Marketing and advertising: the industry spending and ethics in advertising and marketing of drugs -- Getting around patent laws: how the industry works hard to circumvent patent laws in innovative and unethical ways -- Side effects: harmful side effects of conventional drugs and how the industry deals with the problem --Complimentary and alternate medicine: what alternatives exist in the world today and how useful they are as a replacement for some conventional treatment -- Europes FSD: insights into the European Union Food Supplements Directive and its effects -- Disease is in the system: a critical account of the industry way of dealing with cancer -- Rich food, poor nutrition: how what we eat affects our physiology, and how changing it can help us reduce dependance on drugs -- Stress in every day life: how stress affects us in our lives and what we can do about it -- Future imperfect: a look at the current events in the industry and where things are headed -- Suggested reforms: some suggestions on how to improve the situation, and information on where things stand.