Stories like this one — about “pharma assassins” cutting a whistleblower’s brake lines — sound straight out of a thriller. There’s never been police evidence to back it up, but it captures something real: people’s fear that scientists who question the system get crushed for it. In truth, the pressure tends to be quieter — career blacklisting, not car sabotage. Still, the fact that folks believe these stories says a lot about the trust gap between the public and the pharmaceutical industry.

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