Trust: need for an improved communication between the public world and the pharmaceutical companies.
In the industrialized world, the negative image that many people (including politicians) have of pharmaceutical companies not only makes the life for those working in this field more difficult, in a sense it is a road block. Without an improvement in communication between the public world and the pharmaceutical industry, one can foresee this industry steadily becoming a more difficult environment to work in. There is a clear need for knowing more about all the work done inside these companies before a new drug is approved (it is not all about marketing...). That society has no understanding of the ever-increasing costs of new drugs is also related to this lack of understanding of how tricky and cumbersome the process is to take a new idea for treating a certain disease to production of a marketed drug. With a relatively small investment of money, but with an investment of much good will, brain power, and trust, it should be possible to bring all relevant parties together and make a change.
Heinemann
Lutz
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Profil Institut für Stoffwechselforschung, GmbH, Hellersbergstr. 9, D-41460 Neuss, Germany. lutz.heinemann@profil-research.de
D016265:Conflict of Interest; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000941:ethics*; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000941:ethics*; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D035502:Trust