Does the drug industry, on occasion or regularly, suppress data?
Dr. Drummond Rennie – Oh, we suspect, and rather know, that this happens all the time. Peter Jennings – Does a drug company ever not publish the results of a trial because it doesn’t like the results? Dr. Drummond Rennie – Yes. Peter Jennings – Do you actually believe, Dr. Rennie, that drug companies are intent on keeping the consumer on drugs, which are not as good as older drugs, for the simple requirement of profit? Dr. Drummond Rennie – Yes. Yes, very much so. Absolutely. …They’ve got to be prevented. Peter Jennings – There is one last thing this evening which we believe is important for all of us. The questions about what we are getting for our money cannot and must not be answered only by the drug companies. Virtually everyone we talked to for this broadcast agrees on that. The rules by which this hugely profitable industry operates do not always serve consumers adequately. And nothing is going to happen, no matter how angry consumers get, unless the Congress and the president de
