CCA IV: Big Pharma

March 5-8, 2023

The modern pharmaceutical industry has in many ways proved itself a great benefit to mankind, making health- and life-saving drugs and vaccines widely available. But its reputation has come under attack in the wake of America’s opioid epidemic and the COVID pandemic. This fourth and final CCA of the 2022-23 academic year will consider the rise of Big Pharma, its role in the declining state of American health, and ideas for reform.

Big Pharma and the Opioid Epidemic


Gerald Posner
Author, Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America
Mar 8, 2023