Gavin de Becker
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That pissed off some people.
Was it because it caused problems with swallowing and drooling or the twisting body movements that lots of people reported?
Sure, some were pissed off about that.
Was it that it caused stroke and heart attack?
I'm reading, by the way.
Probably that explains some of the resentment.
But ultimately, what really pissed people off was the big side effect of sudden death.
Eli Lilly made a good decision pushing Zyprexa because even though it cost them $40 billion, I mean, even though it cost them billions in settlements, they made $40 billion in revenues.
And in the last 31 years that I cover in the book –
Pharma manufacturers paid $62 billion, but they made trillions.
And most of them are repeat offenders.
So the question is, why in the world do we trust these companies?
It's a very good question.
I was hoping you could answer it.