Introduced by Meryl O'Keeffe and Michael Reinhold
A topical weekly series that looks critically at the health industry.
This week: Pill Power
Drugs and medicines play a part in all our lives. The companies manufacture, the doctor prescribes, the patient swallows, and the Health Service pays.
As the drug companies are both researchers and salesmen, does their need to make profits affect the medical advice they give to doctors and governments?