48: Dr. Joel Lexchin – Drug companies and their influence on doctors and Canada’s health care system

Dr. Joel Lexchin talks about how big pharmaceutical companies influence the health care system through their relationship with medical doctors – a relationship that begins early. Joel discusses the impact this is having on patient care and drug prices.

Twitter: @joel_lexchin

https://www.dfcm.utoronto.ca/faculty/joel-lexchin

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Dr. Joel Lexchin received his MD from the University of Toronto in 1977. He is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Health Policy and Management at York University in Toronto, Canada where he taught health policy until 2016. In addition, he worked in the emergency department at the University Health Network also in Toronto for over 33 years. He has published two books since 2016: Private Profits vs Public Policy: The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Canadian State (University of Toronto Press, 2016) and Doctors in Denial: Why Big Pharma and the Canadian Medical Profession Are Too Close for Comfort (Lorimer, 2017). He is a member of the Foundation Board of Health Action International. He is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and is among the top 2% of the world’s most highly cited researchers.