The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine: Distorted Science in the Age of Big Pharma - Livestream

Financial interests distort the truths of evidence-based medicine, says Dr. Leemon B. McHenry. By revealing previously confidential documents released in litigation, Dr. McHenry exposes the role that pharmaceutical marketing has in the construction of medical literature, conference presentations and continuing medical education. The marketing spin is designed to be indistinguishable from the genuine science, he says, thus seriously misleading our medical professionals and the public.

Speaker: Leemon McHenry, California State University Northridge, Emeritus; Adrea Brier, Commonwealth Club, Moderator