The Truth About Drug Companies (2009) - Dr. Marcia Angell
This presentation, "The Truth About the Drug Companies," took place Oct. 19, 2009, in the University Theatre.
Americans spend more than $200 billion a year on prescription drugs. …
The Truth About Drug Companies (2009) - Dr. Marcia Angell
This presentation, "The Truth About the Drug Companies," took place Oct. 19, 2009, in the University Theatre.
Americans spend more than $200 billion a year on prescription drugs. What are they getting for their money? Dr. Marcia Angell, senior lecturer of Harvard Medical School's Department of Social Medicine and former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, answers that question and more in this installment of the President's Lecture Series at The University of Montana.
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Marcia Angell, MD, is a corresponding member of the faculty of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and faculty associate in the Center for Bioethics.
She stepped down as editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine on June 30, 2000. A graduate of Boston University School of Medicine, she trained in both internal medicine and anatomic pathology. She joined the editorial staff of the New England Journal of Medicine in 1979, became executive editor in 1988, and editor-in-chief in 1999.
Dr. Angell is a member of the Association of American Physicians, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of the Sciences, the Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society, and is a Master of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
In 1997, Time magazine named Marcia Angell one of the 25 most influential Americans, and in 2002, she won the George Polk Award for magazine reporting. She lectures frequently to public and professional audiences, makes many media appearances, and consults with government agencies and Congressional committees.
