| − | The term '''Big Pharma''' refers to the large pharmacological [[lobbying]] trade association whose members produce most of the commonly prescribed medications today. Big Pharma virtually owns the [[FDA]] through intense lobbying and hiring practices, and the FDA is constantly pandering to Big Pharma by preferring use of expensive, risky new medication and [[vaccine]]s rather than safe, inexpensive medication. Big Pharma is a major proponent of the [[transgender]] movement.<ref>[https://www.allsides.com/news/2022-03-07-1044/trans-activists-funded-big-pharma-push-biased-research-promoting-medical Trans Activists Funded By Big Pharma Push Biased Research Promoting Medical Transitions For Children]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/03/09/new-book-follows-money-trail-insane-lie-splits-families-causes-permanent-medical-damage-authors-say/ ‘The Transgender Movement Is Actually an Industry’ by Which Big Pharma Earns ‘Obscene Profits,’ Authors Warn]</ref><ref>[https://ncc.org.au/newsweekly/life-marriage-family/58023-gender-politics-trans-ideology-awash-with-big-money/ TRANS IDEOLOGY AWASH WITH BIG MONEY FROM BIG BIOMED AND BIG PHARMA]</ref> | + | The term '''Big Pharma''' refers to the large pharmacological [[lobbying]] trade association whose members produce most of the commonly prescribed medications today. Big Pharma virtually owns the [[FDA]] through intense lobbying and hiring practices, and the FDA is constantly pandering to Big Pharma by preferring use of expensive, risky new medication and [[vaccine]]s rather than safe, inexpensive medication. Big Pharma is a major proponent of the [[transgender]] movement.<ref>[https://www.allsides.com/news/2022-03-07-1044/trans-activists-funded-big-pharma-push-biased-research-promoting-medical Trans Activists Funded By Big Pharma Push Biased Research Promoting Medical Transitions For Children]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/03/09/new-book-follows-money-trail-insane-lie-splits-families-causes-permanent-medical-damage-authors-say/ ‘The Transgender Movement Is Actually an Industry’ by Which Big Pharma Earns ‘Obscene Profits,’ Authors Warn]</ref><ref>[https://ncc.org.au/newsweekly/life-marriage-family/58023-gender-politics-trans-ideology-awash-with-big-money/ TRANS IDEOLOGY AWASH WITH BIG MONEY FROM BIG BIOMED AND BIG PHARMA]</ref> For the [[2024 presidential election]], Big Pharma employees gave $1.7 million to [[Kamala Harris]]'s campaign, compared with only $300,000 to [[Donald Trump]]'s.<ref>https://www.pharmavoice.com/news/big-pharma-campaign-election-pac-donations/731124/</ref> |
| | '''Pharma''' typically refers to the pharmaceutical industry, a multibillion-dollar industry enriching executives and stockholders. The term "Biotech" may also be applied to pharmaceutical companies, thought his term is usually reserved for the smaller pharmaceutical companies or those small pharma companies that focus on the production of more "biologicals" (e.g. antibodies, enzymes) rather than small molecule drugs. Profits are very high but unstable, since it commonly takes more than a decade and potentially billions of dollars to bring a new drug to market, and many promising drugs fail to make it due to safety, efficacy, and absorption issues. Once on the market, patents protect it for 17 years. In recent years the international industry has been consolidated as very large companies buy out large companies and biotechs. Along with improved nutrition and sanitation, the drugs produced by the pharmacological industry can be credited for much of the extension of the human lifespan in the 20th and 21st centuries. | | '''Pharma''' typically refers to the pharmaceutical industry, a multibillion-dollar industry enriching executives and stockholders. The term "Biotech" may also be applied to pharmaceutical companies, thought his term is usually reserved for the smaller pharmaceutical companies or those small pharma companies that focus on the production of more "biologicals" (e.g. antibodies, enzymes) rather than small molecule drugs. Profits are very high but unstable, since it commonly takes more than a decade and potentially billions of dollars to bring a new drug to market, and many promising drugs fail to make it due to safety, efficacy, and absorption issues. Once on the market, patents protect it for 17 years. In recent years the international industry has been consolidated as very large companies buy out large companies and biotechs. Along with improved nutrition and sanitation, the drugs produced by the pharmacological industry can be credited for much of the extension of the human lifespan in the 20th and 21st centuries. |