March 29, 2024
Letter

Zillion-dollar business

By the deft wielding of his pen like a scalpel in his column, “Reforming pharmaceutical bad boys” (BDN, Sept. 16), Dr. Erik Steele has opened the shutters, blinds and drapes so the public can really get a good look at our pharmaceutical companies.

He also wisely warns us that we need these bad guys, too.

I would offer one little change to make his treatise more accurate: to change the word “lobby” to “bribe,” for this is what that nasty business is.

Perhaps I’m pessimistic. If so, it’s because at 80 years of age, I’ve already spent about a zillion dollars on prescriptions.

Keith R. Heavrin Sr.

Sedgwick


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