Les Médicamenteurs (2009)

The leading consumers of medicines on the planet, are the French really sicker than the rest of humanity? Or are there other explanations for this bulimia? By mixing in-depth interviews and plasticine animations, this documentary takes viewers on a journey through the drug. Materialized by the setting of a town, Pharmacy, this walk goes through all the stages. From clinical trials to marketing, from therapeutic evaluation to price setting, from marketing hype to the side effects suffered - at the end of the chain - by patients, public authorities and the pharmaceutical industry are questioned without question. detours on their responsibilities.

Released June 9, 2009 52 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.pharmaceutical-industry, tmdb.lobbying, tmdb.securite-sociale

Production Companies: Beau Comme une Image, Public Sénat, France 5

Country: France
Production Country: France
Languages: French