The scientific establishment told us that thalidomide was okay. It told us that cigarette smoking could be good for you. It told us many things that they were wrong about. And unfortunately, Many of the scientific academies now and independent scientific bodies like the American Medical association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, receive huge amounts, in some cases hundreds of millions of dollars a year from pharmaceutical companies. And so, unfortunately, there's a lot of conflicts that might impair their judgment about certain interventions that are high, high profit. (07:36–07:53)
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Asserts that scientific bodies receive large sums from pharmaceutical companies, implying potential conflicts of interest.
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