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09/06/2009 Documentary 0h 52m
100
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Overview

The leading consumers of medicines on the planet, are the French really sicker than the rest of humanity? Or are there other explanations for this bulimia? By mixing in-depth interviews and plasticine animations, this documentary takes viewers on a journey through the drug. Materialized by the setting of a town, Pharmacy, this walk goes through all the stages. From clinical trials to marketing, from therapeutic evaluation to price setting, from marketing hype to the side effects suffered - at the end of the chain - by patients, public authorities and the pharmaceutical industry are questioned without question. detours on their responsibilities.

  1. Annick Redolfi

    Director

  2. Stéphane Horel

    Director, Writer

  3. Brigitte Rossigneux

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. François Autain

    Self

  2. Philippe Even

    Self

  3. Philippe Foucras

    Self

  4. Christian Lajoux

    Self

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