Brigham Buhler
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Podcast Appearances
I launched Cialis in North America, the Viagra competitor, which was a blast. It was fun. Everyone loved it. Nobody was complaining about Cialis. But then I got pivoted to antidepressants and antipsychotics, and I saw the dark side of big pharma.
I launched Cialis in North America, the Viagra competitor, which was a blast. It was fun. Everyone loved it. Nobody was complaining about Cialis. But then I got pivoted to antidepressants and antipsychotics, and I saw the dark side of big pharma.
I launched Cialis in North America, the Viagra competitor, which was a blast. It was fun. Everyone loved it. Nobody was complaining about Cialis. But then I got pivoted to antidepressants and antipsychotics, and I saw the dark side of big pharma.
And within eight months, I was out of there, and I was left to go be a device rep where I stood in surgeries with the best and brightest surgeons in the world, and I saw those problems. And then from there, I became a serial entrepreneur in healthcare where I attempted to work within the insurance framework. And what I saw was so eye-opening it made it all finally make sense.
And within eight months, I was out of there, and I was left to go be a device rep where I stood in surgeries with the best and brightest surgeons in the world, and I saw those problems. And then from there, I became a serial entrepreneur in healthcare where I attempted to work within the insurance framework. And what I saw was so eye-opening it made it all finally make sense.
And within eight months, I was out of there, and I was left to go be a device rep where I stood in surgeries with the best and brightest surgeons in the world, and I saw those problems. And then from there, I became a serial entrepreneur in healthcare where I attempted to work within the insurance framework. And what I saw was so eye-opening it made it all finally make sense.
I was like, oh my God, this is what they're doing. And once you know the magic trick, you can see it over and over and over again. And so the magic trick is we push people to medications and prescription drugs. A real world example would be the opioid crisis. What nobody realized, and an article came out maybe two months ago, I think in the New York Times,
I was like, oh my God, this is what they're doing. And once you know the magic trick, you can see it over and over and over again. And so the magic trick is we push people to medications and prescription drugs. A real world example would be the opioid crisis. What nobody realized, and an article came out maybe two months ago, I think in the New York Times,
I was like, oh my God, this is what they're doing. And once you know the magic trick, you can see it over and over and over again. And so the magic trick is we push people to medications and prescription drugs. A real world example would be the opioid crisis. What nobody realized, and an article came out maybe two months ago, I think in the New York Times,
30% of the money and revenue generated from opioid abuse in this country went to the big insurance companies. Never did they get indicted. Never did they get questioned. Never did they get sued. They skated scot-free, but they had negotiated rebates on opioids. Why that's important is I owned pharmacies that offered alternatives to opioids.
30% of the money and revenue generated from opioid abuse in this country went to the big insurance companies. Never did they get indicted. Never did they get questioned. Never did they get sued. They skated scot-free, but they had negotiated rebates on opioids. Why that's important is I owned pharmacies that offered alternatives to opioids.
30% of the money and revenue generated from opioid abuse in this country went to the big insurance companies. Never did they get indicted. Never did they get questioned. Never did they get sued. They skated scot-free, but they had negotiated rebates on opioids. Why that's important is I owned pharmacies that offered alternatives to opioids.
I would go out and educate clinicians on the importance of not prescribing opioids because I lost my brother to opioids. They pushed it into the market. They let Big Pharma ramrod it via a deal with the FDA. The head of the FDA then went to go work for Purdue Pharma, who brought that drug to market. for a big, huge, fat salary three years later.
I would go out and educate clinicians on the importance of not prescribing opioids because I lost my brother to opioids. They pushed it into the market. They let Big Pharma ramrod it via a deal with the FDA. The head of the FDA then went to go work for Purdue Pharma, who brought that drug to market. for a big, huge, fat salary three years later.
I would go out and educate clinicians on the importance of not prescribing opioids because I lost my brother to opioids. They pushed it into the market. They let Big Pharma ramrod it via a deal with the FDA. The head of the FDA then went to go work for Purdue Pharma, who brought that drug to market. for a big, huge, fat salary three years later.
Purdue Pharma, who created the volume crisis in the 70s, then perpetuated the opioid crisis in the 2000s, in the 90s. And then all of that was profiteered by big pharma and big insurance.
Purdue Pharma, who created the volume crisis in the 70s, then perpetuated the opioid crisis in the 2000s, in the 90s. And then all of that was profiteered by big pharma and big insurance.
Purdue Pharma, who created the volume crisis in the 70s, then perpetuated the opioid crisis in the 2000s, in the 90s. And then all of that was profiteered by big pharma and big insurance.
So opioids are very hard to get at this point. However... the equivalent to a 747 jet worth of people are dying every day to opioid related deaths because now that they cannot get opioids via clinicians, they've turned to black market. You've already created and perpetuated the problem. Now you've cut off the source and these people are turning to, you know, uh,
So opioids are very hard to get at this point. However... the equivalent to a 747 jet worth of people are dying every day to opioid related deaths because now that they cannot get opioids via clinicians, they've turned to black market. You've already created and perpetuated the problem. Now you've cut off the source and these people are turning to, you know, uh,