File this under “How low can you go?”
The pharmaceutical industry is now the most poorly regarded industry in the U.S., ranking last among industries that are measured in the latest Gallup poll. Americans are more than twice as likely to rate drug makers negatively as positively — 58% versus 27%, to be exact. Just 15% held a neutral view, yielding an overall score of negative 31. Even the federal government fared better.
In discussing its findings, the Gallup Organization noted that net ratings for the pharmaceutical industry have “never been lower” since Americans were first polled on their views toward various industries in 2001. And over the past 19 years, few industries have ever generated a lower score. Besides the federal government, these included the oil and gas, real estate, and automobile industries.
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