Professor Dave Debates

Is Big Pharma Evil? (Featuring David Leibly and Mat Edgar)

Episode Summary

A large sector of society is absolutely convinced that the pharmaceutical industry, and by extension all of Western medicine, is evil, bogus, and out to get us. Is this completely true? Is this completely false? Is the truth somewhere in between? Let's get into this topic with David Leibly, a scientist working for a pharma startup. That may sound like an oxymoron, but not every pharmaceutical company is huge, some are teeny-tiny! Let's learn about how pharma works, so we can make more educated decisions about health and medicine!

Episode Notes

A large sector of society is absolutely convinced that the pharmaceutical industry, and by extension all of Western medicine, is evil, bogus, and out to get us. Is this completely true? Is this completely false? Is the truth somewhere in between? Let's get into this topic with David Leibly, a scientist working for a pharma startup. That may sound like an oxymoron, but not every pharmaceutical company is huge, some are teeny-tiny! Let's learn about how pharma works, so we can make more educated decisions about health and medicine!

Guest: David Leibly

Moderator: Mat Edgar

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