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Are the world's largest drug firms, paradoxically, major obstacles to creating a healthier world? This program examines the business ethics of Big Pharma, the ten pharmaceutical companies whose pretax profits were more than the combined take of the 490 other Fortune 500 companies but which spen...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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[Italy] :
Voli,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street) |
| Summary: | Are the world's largest drug firms, paradoxically, major obstacles to creating a healthier world? This program examines the business ethics of Big Pharma, the ten pharmaceutical companies whose pretax profits were more than the combined take of the 490 other Fortune 500 companies but which spend comparatively little on the health needs of the developing world. Officials from all sides debate the impact of drug companies' patenting, "intellectual property", pricing and new product development strategies on global public health. These policies, according to Nobel Prize winning economist and former World Bank Chief Economist, Joseph Stiglitz "are condemning billions of the world's poorest citizens to death." |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced as an Italian documentary film in 2007. Includes optional interactive transcript; closed captions may be translated into multiple languages. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (52 min., 6 sec.)) : sound, color |
| Audience: | 9 and up. |
| Production Credits: | Directed by Michele Mellara, Alessandro Rossi ; script by Michele Cogo, Michele Mellara, Alessandro Rossi ; produced by Mammut Film Srt, V oli Soc. Coop ; editing, Fabio Bianchini Prepegna ; music, Nicola Bagnoli, Alessandra Reggiani. |