Big Pharma's Grip on the World

As discussed in our previous Inquiry session the term 'Big Pharma' refers to the large pharmaceutical and biomedicine companies in the developed world, who seek to influence federal government policy and practices in developing nations.


This next post requires you to use the information gathered from the resources we looked at yesterday and also a number of online resources (you'll find links at the bottom of this post) and discuss the following prompts:

• Who are the main stakeholders involved in this ongoing issue?
• Who 'wins' and who 'loses'?
• What part do the Big Pharma play?
• How does their actions / ideals / morals affect those developing nations at risk?
• What are your thoughts on the issue? Do you think it is significant or important?

Remember you can use the information you jotted down yesterday in your discussion. Here are some other websites and articles you might want to head to for some more intelligent discussion on the issue:


http://www.healthbeatblog.org/2008/03/big-pharma-vs-t.html


http://www.globalissues.org/article/52/pharmaceutical-corporations-and-medical-research


http://abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread683731/pg1


http://www.bukopharma.de/


The word count for this blog is approximately 300 - 350 words, but feel free to write more.
      This post is due to be posted up on your blog by Friday 8th April.