title: Trust: need for an improved communication between the public world and the pharmaceutical companies.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Profil Institut für Stoffwechselforschung, GmbH, Hellersbergstr. 9, D-41460 Neuss, Germany. lutz.heinemann@profil-research.de
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Heinemann
mesh_terms: D016265:Conflict of Interest; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000941:ethics*; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000941:ethics*; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D035502:Trust