Episode #1756
John Abramson
Books mentioned
Sickening
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:00:40 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Overdosed America
Mentioned by John Abramson · at 00:25:01 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Capitalism and Freedom
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 01:30:19 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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John Abramson, a Harvard Medical School lecturer and drug litigation expert, discusses pharmaceutical industry influence, drug pricing, clinical-data transparency, and alleged misconduct involving several widely prescribed medications. He and Joe Rogan also examine COVID-19 treatments and vaccines, regulatory failures, lifestyle and diseases of despair, and reforms proposed in Abramson’s book Sickening.
What they talked about
- How Big Pharma broke American healthcare
- Pharmaceutical advertising and free speech
- Drug companies owning clinical trial data
- Vioxx fraud and cardiovascular risks
- Ivermectin controversy and COVID treatments
- Vaccine efficacy data manipulation
- US ranking 68th in healthy life expectancy
- Drug pricing and pharmaceutical profits
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