Drug Firms 'Are Making Up Diseases'

Evening Standard - London › April 11, 2006

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PHARMACEUTICAL firms were today accused by a leading medical journal of inventing diseases to sell more drugs.

"Disease-mongering" promotes non-existent ailments and exaggerates mild conditions in order to boost profits, according to the online journal Public Library of Science Medicine.

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Drug Firms 'Are Making Up Diseases'

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