Toronto doctor resigns from committee, accuses pharmaceutical company of deliberately creating shortage of drug

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Dr. Nav Persaud is accusing Pendopharm of deliberately creating a shortage of the two-milligram version of benztropine in order to promote the one-milligram version at a slightly higher price

 

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Kudos to Dr. Persaud for standing on principal and bringing this issue to the forefront. The weak response from our government agencies is shameful and unfortunately to be expected.

Need more people like you to stand up to corporate crocodiles likes this

These big pharma are trying to make a buck of cogentin, the med that treats the side effects of another med... I don't even know where to begin. SMH

Kudos for your courage Doc. skininthegame Btw, Jill_Colton ... often times, diversity is indeed our strength.

'I don’t want to be part of a process that rewards companies for what I view as abusive behaviour.” Thank you, Dr. Persaud, for having integrity & honesty, & for holding pharmaceutical companies accountable for their greed.

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