"Sicko", a Michael Moore Documentary, Due Out in 2007

Pharmaceutical Industry Worried About Movie

Michael Moore's upcoming documentary "Sicko", due out in 2007, is aimed at the $1.5 trillion dollar health care and pharmaceutical industries, and has mobilized many in this industries to try to discredit Moore and the film, according th AdAge.com.

Moore, who received an academy award for the documentary "Bowling for Columbine", says he received 19,000 responses when he asked for input on the topic on his website.

"To read about the misery people are put through on a daily basis in our profit-based system was both moving and revolting", Moore stated.  " 'Sicko' is a comedy about 45 million people with no health insurance in the richest country on earth."

AdAge.com claims that the pharmaceutical industry is attempting to discredit the film.  Ken Johnson, senior vice president for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), says America needs "thoughtful and well-researched" investigation into American's health care problems, and insists Moore's film won't provide that.

But consumer health advocate Mike Adams disagrees.  "Big Pharma is the king of spin propaganda", he says.  "And drug companies will paint anything 'biased' if it doesn't bow down to the lies, distortions and fraud promoted by the industry.  Big Pharma is not merely afraid of Michael Moore, they're afraid of anything resembling honest scrutiny or investigative journalism, " he added.

Imagine what Big Pharma is afraid of?  100,000 people a year die in the U.S. from pharmaceutical drugs.  Are they afraid they will all end up in court and in the papers like Merck's Vioxx?