DtaS - Do Drug Companies Help or Hurt Patients? - Part 2
320 views · Published 6 November 2008 · 45:11 · Indexed 29 September 2026
Channel: Kishore Hari · 2008 · Education
The 12/10 Down to a Science event on how drug companies market their drugs. Dr. Gilbert Chu of Stanford University discusses the two case studies of Ivermectin and Vioxx both produced by Merck. Ivermectin cured a certain type of blindness while Vioxx is associated with 50K deaths to date. Learn more at http://www.sciencecafesf.com
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