Pharma and the quick fix

BusinessWeek asks if Big Pharma is addicted to lifestyle drugs:

Try as they might to distance themselves from the lifestyle drug sector, pharmaceutical companies can’t seem to kick their addiction to these lucrative products. Even as consumers and government regulators grow more alarmed over drug safety, an examination of four popular lifestyle categories””weight loss, hair loss, sleep, and sexual dysfunction””shows that the pharmaceutical industry is by no means shying away from this controversial territory.

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