Knowledge industry: a powerful mechanism

Authors

  • Vera Regina da Silva Miguelote Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Instituto de Medicina Social; Departamento de Planejamento, Políticas e Administração em Saúde
  • Kenneth Rochel de Camargo Jr Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Instituto de Medicina Social; Departamento de Planejamento, Políticas e Administração em Saúde

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102010000100021

Keywords:

Drug Industry, Biomedical Research, Drug Publicity, Marketing

Abstract

The paper deals with the pharmaceutical industry's links to the knowledge industry, through powerful marketing strategies. With the aim of scientifically legitimizing its products, the pharmaceutical industry interferes with the production of medical knowledge. In the form of a mechanism for directing economic interests, it funds drug research, biases its results and stimulates the production and publication of scientific papers. This is a mechanism that threatens important ethical issues: it transforms the process of scientific legitimization into a marketing strategy, compromises the credibility of the process of constructing medical knowledge and encourages distortions of the criteria for evaluating the quality of scientific papers.

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Published

2010-01-01

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 1 (2010)

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How to Cite

Miguelote, V. R. da S., & Camargo Jr, K. R. de. (2010). Knowledge industry: a powerful mechanism . Revista De Saúde Pública, 44(1), 190-196. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102010000100021