Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Three guys walk into a bar—a lawyer, an oil executive and a pharmaceutical CEO. Well, never mind. If you’re an American, chances are the pharmaceutical CEO is the bad guy in this joke. Grim Statistics According to a recent Gallup poll on the public perception of 25 different industries, only the federal government is ranked lower by Americans than the pharmaceutical industry. In addition, in 2016 drug companies registered their worst showing in the 16 years that Gallup has been tracking public perception of different sectors. In fact, the overall rating of the pharmaceutical industry has suffered, with 28 percent of Americans having a positive view of drug makers and 51 percent holding a negative view. Overall, Gallup calculated that the pharmaceutical industry has a rating of negative 23. (more…)
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