This is episode 24, “Why Drug Prices Are So Expensive in the United States.”
My guest Donald Light explains why drug prices are so high in the United States and the deficiencies in our current drug regulation system.
Donald Light is a Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Sociology at Rowan University-School of Osteopathic Medicine. He is a guest researcher at Princeton and New York University. Prof. Light received the Edmund Pellegrino Medal in Bioethics for 2016 and the Distinguished Career Award for 2013 from the American Sociological Association. On the Google citation h-index, Prof. Light ranks in the 96th percentile.
Do not miss this episode as Prof. Light describes the problems of our current drug regulatory system and explains why our drug prices are so high.
For more information about drug regulation and pricing, check out Prof. LIght’s website, http://www.pharmamyths.net/.
Prof. Light’s book, “The Risks of Prescription Drugs,” can be found here and here.
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