The sakles story has undermined public's faith in the us. How can trust be restored? That's from jemima. Jemima, thank you for your question. This book is about how regulatory agencies are kind of captured by all that money and influence. But i don't think that should tilt us into a kind of blankat scepticism about science.
How did one family become associated with an epidemic of drug addiction that has caused the death of almost half a million people?
In this episode, award-winning writer and author of Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe speaks to Hannah Kuchler, the FT’s global pharmaceutical correspondent about how he uncovered fresh material on the Sacklers and discovered a modern parable of greed, corruption and cynical philanthropy.
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