Episode One of Crime of the Century focuses on OxyContin manufacture Perdue. Without any evidence of the safety of the drug or that it's appropriate for anyone other than terminally ill cancer patients, Perdue works with an FDA staff member to get FDA approval that should never have been given. This corrupt approval paves the way to teams of Perdue sales people to span out and convince doctors to prescribe the drug for pain, not just to terminally ill cancer patients, but to teens and adults with minor pain.
Some of the doctors are totally corrupt, giving prescriptions on demand for any drug. Some of the doctors appear duped by the sales pitches. And when people get addicted, Pharma comes up witch the term "pseudo-addiction." The patients aren't addicted, they claim. They just have a lot of pain and they need more of the drug. Insane.
Once people start taking the drug, they become addicted and often move on to heroin. Blame them for the problem? They were sold on the false premise the drug was safe and virtually non-addicting.
The politicians get involved on the side of Pharma, weakening the laws to protect the public. More become addicted and die.
Settlements don't stop anything and amount to slaps on the wrists.
Rudy Giuliani is even involved hired by, you guessed it, Pharma, to defend its big lie.
Episode Two focus on Insys Therapeutics and the bribes and corruption that occurred there to push their product on the market.
This documentary is forceful, well documented and expertly produced. It will educate and possibly make you sick.
Some of the doctors are totally corrupt, giving prescriptions on demand for any drug. Some of the doctors appear duped by the sales pitches. And when people get addicted, Pharma comes up witch the term "pseudo-addiction." The patients aren't addicted, they claim. They just have a lot of pain and they need more of the drug. Insane.
Once people start taking the drug, they become addicted and often move on to heroin. Blame them for the problem? They were sold on the false premise the drug was safe and virtually non-addicting.
The politicians get involved on the side of Pharma, weakening the laws to protect the public. More become addicted and die.
Settlements don't stop anything and amount to slaps on the wrists.
Rudy Giuliani is even involved hired by, you guessed it, Pharma, to defend its big lie.
Episode Two focus on Insys Therapeutics and the bribes and corruption that occurred there to push their product on the market.
This documentary is forceful, well documented and expertly produced. It will educate and possibly make you sick.