Unethical pharmaceutical practices

In 2009, Pfizer (and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company) paid US$ 2.3 billion to settle criminal and civil liabilities for illegal promotion of their pharmaceutical products. The amount included payment of more than $102 million in civil settlement to six whistleblowers of the company’s fraudulent practices.

In Brazil, thousands of children were born with deformities due to misinformation and ignorance about the use of the drug Thalidomide as a cure for leprosy.

1. Unethical practice of health professionals

1. Unauthorized pharmaceutical manufacture and distribution
2. Secrecy about pharmaceutical products
3. Misuse of animals for toxicological experiments
4. Ineffective self-regulation in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries
5. Excessive influence of pharmaceutical manufacturers over doctors
6. Excessive cost of medical drugs
7. Disease mongering
8. Corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry
9. Synthesis of human molecules by foreign organisms for pharmaceutical purposes
10. Adulteration of illicit drugs
11. Abuse of prescription drugs

1. Reward biased research
2. Restrictive practices in trade in pharmaceutical products
3. Irresponsible pharmaceutical practices
4. Cultural bias in medicine
5. Accidents caused by neglect

1. Studying criminality
2. Studying criminal activities of pharmacists
3. Reporting pharmaceutical malpractice
4. Reforming pharmaceutical usage in public health
5. Providing health services
6. Providing fair pharmaceutical practices
7. Dispensing drugs
8. Decriminalizing drugs
9. Corrupting pharmaceutical industry
10. Abolishing unethical pharmaceutical practices

1. Unfairness
2. Unethical
3. Malpractice
4. Illegality
5. Fraud
6. Crime
7. Corruption