Last Week Tonight finally returned for its second season on HBO last night, and John Oliver got right to work by covering the many shady ways pharmaceutical companies market to doctors, from free lunches and trips to Hooters to hiring doctors as paid spokespeople called “thought leaders.†Or as Oliver puts it: “Drug companies are a bit like high school boyfriends: They’re much more concerned with getting inside you than being effective once they’re in there.†Last Week Tonight even shares its very own pharmaceutical ad at the end featuring Brian Huskey as a well-paid “thought leader†in action.
‘Last Week Tonight’ Takes on the Pharmaceutical Marketing Industry
