Comments on: “Punytive” damages: the biggest corporate fines ever

By: Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:18:52 +0000

You’re most likely correct, LongChamps. More on this at “Paying Illegal Kickbacks To Doctors: Just The Cost of Doing Business For Big Pharma?” Thanks for leaving your comment.

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By: LongChamps

LongChamps — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:53:08 +0000

As massive as the Big Pharma fines appear, they are simply the cost of doing business, as their marketing tactics have not changed despite the multi-billion dollar hits on their bottom lines. Very discouraging.

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By: Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:40:47 +0000

I love the Information Is Beautiful site! Drug company marketing is not only misleading, it’s downright deadly. GlaxoSmithKline’s record $3 billion fine, for example, was a slap on the wrist compared to its profits on the blockbuster drug Avandia – which has been blamed for 100,000 deaths directly attributable to the drug. And the doctors on the payroll of GSK who helped flog the drug to their peers to increase sales are just as culpable. More on Avandia here.

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By: timethief

timethief — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:14:26 +0000

What an interesting site. I’m not surprised the top four “puny” fines were charges against drug companies. They seem to excel when it comes to disinformation and misinformation they use in their misrepresentative and misleading advertising.

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