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squal·or/ˈskwälər/
Noun: A state of being extremely dirty
In other TV news, the hit series "White Collar" featured a quick glimpse of a Big Pharma company. In this episode a Pullitzer journalist is on the brink of uncovering a Pharmaceutical companies ploy to internally destroy any evidence of a recall and repackaging of their blockbuster drug. Undercover FBI agents pose as FDA and meet with Pharma executives and threaten them with potential lawsuits if the relevance "smoking gun" of sample numbers isn't revealed. It turns out that the list of sample numbers were packaged from a "bad batch." In that case, the company did not nationally recall the batch, fearing economic backlash. Instead, they took the samples that were not dispensed and exchanged them from newly designed packages, which the company indicated was for marketing purposes. This steps were taken to prevent any liability and backlash that would result from those that were actually administered as prescriptions.
Spoiler alert: the R & D scientist was the journalist's source, who ends up being murdered at the end! Imagine that!
From a realistic analysis, this picture painted by thriller suspenseful TV proves to be a glimpse and inadequate picture of Pharmaceutical companies. In essence, most companies try to remain as transparent as possible. FDA is also the governmental agency that ensures situations like these won't happen. Credit to the R & D scientist, but a Pharmaceutical company should follow ethical procedures to not only serve their business demands, but more importantly, the needs of the public and their own customers and patients.
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