The Crime of the Century
Big Pharma sold America a lie and made a killing.
Created by Alex Gibney
On HBO
A two-hour investigative documentary that builds a case against systemic corruption in pharmaceutical regulation and distribution, treating the opioid crisis as a crime enabled by institutional failure.
A searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates.
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Pharmaceutical IndustryGovernment Cover-upPolitical CorruptionGovernment CorruptionGovernment RegulationPharmaceuticalsPolitical ScandalCrime Against HumanityOfficial CorruptionPharmaceuticals CompanyHealth DocumentaryObservational DocumentaryOpioid EpidemicSynthetic HeroinCrime DocumentaryUnreliable GovernmentIndustrial DocumentaryCorrupt Government
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