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dr. adrian berman, director of the georgetown university medical center watch dog project farmed out. >> the promotion of a drug actually starts seven to ten years before a drug comes on the market. while it is illegal for a company to market a drug before it is approved by the fda it is not illegal to market a disease. sometimes drug companies have invented diseases or exaggerated importance of certain conditions or exaggerated the importance of a particular mechanism of a drug, for example. and then blanketed medical journals and medical meetings and other venues with these messages that are meant to prepare the minds of clinicians to accept a particular drug and also to prepare the minds of consumers to accept a particular condition. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> in february the fcc voted three to two to approve open internet rules designed to limit access to content and establishing fast lane services cht shortly after the vote fcc chairman wheeler spoke with reporters. this runs about 25 minutes. thanks, everybody, for coming. because as you know, today the fc

dr. adrian berman, director of the georgetown university medical center watchdog project, farmed out, on how pharmaceutical companies lobby congress and influence doctors in what medications to prescribed. >> the promotion of a drug actually starts seven to 10 years before a drug comes on the market. and while it's illegal for a company to market a drug before approved for the f.d.a. it's not illegal to market a disease. so drug companies have sometimes invented diseases or exaggerated the importants of certain conditions or exaggerated the importance of a particular mechanism of a drug, for example. and then blanketed medical journals and medical meetings and other venues with these messages that are meant to prepare the minds of clinicians to accept a particular drug. and also to prepare the minds of consumers to accept a particular condition. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> the supreme court heard oral argument a week ago on whether police can conduct a warranted search of hotel guess registries. the says of city of los angeles vs. pa tell that allows

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dr. adrian berman says how lobbyists influence doctors and what medications to prescribe. >> the promotion of the drug starts 7-10 years before a drug comes on the market. while it is illegal for a company to market a drug before it has been approved by the fda, it is not illegal to market a disease. drug companies have sometimes invented diseases or exaggerated the importance of certain conditions or exaggerated the importance of a particular mechanism of a drug for example and then blanketed medical journals and medical meetings and other venues with these messages that are meant to prepare the minds of clinicians to accept a particular drug and to prepare the minds of consumers to accept a particular condition. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress. not only other 43 new republicans and 15 new democrats in the house and 12 but lukens and one new democrat and the senate, there's also 108 women in congress including the first african-american republican in the house on the first woman veteran in the se

dr. adrian berman of farmed out on how pharmaceutical companies work. >> the promotion of a drug starts 70 years before a drug comes on the market. while it is illegal for a company to market a drug before it has been approved, it is not illegal to market a disease. drug companies have sometimes invented diseases, or exaggerated the importance of certain conditions, or exaggerated the importance of a particular mechanism of a drug and then blanketed medical journals and medical

dr. adrian berman on how pharmaceutical companies lobby congress and influence doctors. >> the promotion of a drug starts 7-10 years before a drug comes on the market. while it is illegal for a company to market a drug he for it has been approved by the fda it is not a legal to market a disease. drug companies have sometimes invented diseases or exaggerated the m origins of -- the importance of them and then blanketed medical journals and meetings, and other venues with these messages that are meant to prepare the minds of clinicians to accept a particular drug. and to prepare the mind of consumers to accept a particular condition. >> sunday night on c-span q&a. >> next, john brennan talking about his agency's efforts to strengthen information gathering. ashton carter speak to members of u.s. cyber command. former governor jeb bush making remarks at a house party in dover new hampshire -- dover, new hampshire. cia director john brennan spoke of the council on foreign relations about the agency's strategy. pbs host and cbs this morning coanchor charlie rose moderated the discussion. it is

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dr. adriane fugh-berman. she keeps nra on the lobbying practices of pharmaceutical industry.an: if you could change one thing about the pharmaceutical industry and its relationship to doctors or patients, what would you do? dr. fugh-berman: i would get them out of educating consumers, they are unable to be objective and there are a lot of marketing messages in the education that they do with doctors through continuing medical education which is required for most physicians or through disease awareness initiatives aimed at either consumers or health care providers. there is a lot of distortion that happens because of the pharmaceutical industry and we need to make sure that the information that health care providers and consumers have is accurate. we will never get that from pharmaceutical companies. brian: why not? dr. fugh-berman: they are legally obligated to represent interests of their shareholders

dr. adrian fu berman, director of the georgetown university medical center watchdog project, on how pharmaceutical companies lobby congress and influence doctors on what medications to prescribe. >> the promotion of a drug starts 7-10 years he for a drug comes on the market, and while it's illegal for a company to market a drug before it's been approved -- been approved, it's not illegal to market a disease. drug companies have sometimes invented diseases or exaggerated the importance of certain conditions or exaggerated the importance of a particular mechanism of a drug, for example, and then blanketed medical journals and medical meetings and other venues with these messages that are meant to prepare the minds of clinicians to accept a particular drug, and also to prepare the minds of consumers to accept a particular condition. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> monday night on "the communicators," fcc commissioner minyan clyburn on their recent net neutrality ruling, municipal broadband, and the subsidized phone and broadband program lifeline. >> what i am proposi

dr. adrian berman of farmed out on how pharmaceutical companies work. >> the promotion of a drug starts 7-10 years before a drug comes on the market. while it is illegal for a company to market a drug before it has been approved, it is not illegal to market a disease. drug companies have sometimes invented diseases, or exaggerated the importance of certain conditions, or exaggerated the importance of a particular mechanism of a drug and then blanketed medical journals and medical meetings, and other venues with these messages that are meant to prepare the minds of clinicians to accept a particular drug. and to prepare the minds of consumers to accept a particular condition. >> sunday night on c-span q&a. >> the republican national lawyers association held a conference in washington dc. a former prosecutor and current member of the house benghazi committee. she talked about the committee's work and the recent actions taken by the president regarding immigration and foreign affairs. this is 40 minutes. [applause] >> let me start by welcoming our friends from c-span and noting that unlike st

dr. adrian berman, director of the watchdog program farmed out on how doctors are influence on medicationso prescribe. >> the promotion of a drug starts seven to 10 years before a drug comes on market. while it is illegal for a company to market a drug for it has been approved, it is not a legal market a disease. drug companies have sometimes invented diseases or exaggerated the importance of certain conditions or exaggerated the importance of a mechanism of a drug. and then blanketed medical journals and meetings and other venues with these messages that are meant to prepare the minds of clinicians to accept a particular job -- drug. and prepare the minds of consumers to accept a particular condition. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on q&a. this week, c-span is in new hampshire with road to the white house coverage with several potential presidential candidates. tonight at 7:00 live. he take you to a party with former florida governor jeb bush. wisconsin governor scott walker at a republican party grassroots workshop. sunday night at 9:35 senator ted cruz at the lincoln reagan

dr. adrian berman director of the georgetown university medical center on lobby congress and what medications to prescribe. >> the promotion of the drug starts 7-10 years before a drug comes on the market. it is illegal for a company to market a drug before it has been approved by the ea but not illegal to market a disease. drug companies have sometimes invented diseases or exaggerated the importance of certain conditions or exaggerated the importance of a particular mechanism of a drug and then blanketed medical journals and medical meetings and other venues with these messages that are meant to prepare the minds of clinicians to accept a particular drug and also to prepare the minds of consumers to accept a particular condition. >> sunday night at 8:00 easter and pacific on c-span's q and a? . alex again --secretary kerry railed against climate change skeptics today saying to two generations should not forgive those who ignore this moment. he offered no direct clues on whether he would back the keystone xl pipeline. that was part of his remarks today at the atlantic council. he went on to s

dr. adrian -- director of watchdog project farmed out on how pharmaceutical companies influence congress and doctors on what medications to prescribe. dr. fugh-bermanwhile it is illegal for a company to market a drug before it has been approved by the fda, it is not illegal to market a disease, so drug companies have sometimes invented diseases or exaggerated the importance of certain conditions, or exaggerated the importance of a particular mechanism of a drug, for example, and then blanketed medical journals and medical meetings and other venues with these messages that are meant to prepare the minds of clinicians to accept a particular drug, and also to prepare the minds of consumers to accept a particular condition. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> live today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. in a 1:00 p.m. eastern, kentucky senator rand paul visits luis state university in maryland to discuss overhauling the criminal justice system. at 7:45 p.m. from dover, new hampshire, a meet and greet for former florida governor jeb bush. coming up in 45 minutes on "washington journal," trita parsi of the national ir