Book cover of Pharmanomics: How Big Pharma Destroys Global Health

Book description

Big Pharma Puts Profits Over People

In Pharmanomics, investigative journalist Nick Dearden digs down into the way we produce our medicines and finds that Big Pharma is failing us, with catastrophic consequences.

Big Pharma is more interested in profit than health. This was made clear as governments rushed to produce…

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked Pharmanomics as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

If you already dislike the pharmaceutical industry for whatever reason, this book could certainly make your blood boil further.

In an effort to get a diverse perspective on Big Pharma, I made sure to check out a book with a contrary opinion, and this one fit the bill. I came away with a greater awareness of the industry’s impacts that are widespread globally, not locally.

If you love Pharmanomics...

Book cover of These Blue Mountains

These Blue Mountains by Sarah Loudin Thomas,

A moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness.

German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Hedda…

Want books like Pharmanomics?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 45 books like Pharmanomics.

Browse books like Pharmanomics

Book cover of Drugs and the FDA: Safety, Efficacy, and the Public's Trust
Book cover of Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
Book cover of Bitter Pills

Share your top 3 reads of 2025!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,340

readers submitted
so far, will you?

📚 If you like Pharmanomics, you might also like...

Book cover of Foxfire in the Snow

Foxfire in the Snow by J.S. Fields,

It's a time of change, between magic and alchemy.

Born the heir of a master woodcutter in a queendom defined by guilds and matrilineal inheritance, nonbinary Sorin can’t quite seem to find their place. At seventeen, an opportunity to attend an alchemical guild fair and secure an apprenticeship with the…

Book cover of The Main Gate

The Main Gate by Yvonne Kjorlien,

Dr. Elise Marquette has spent years burying the past—until the past refuses to stay buried.

Hired to join Earth’s first interstellar contact team, she hopes the vastness of space will finally offer distance from the ghosts of war and the wounds left by a mother who never let her be…

5 book lists we think you will like!