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'''Patient Groups''' are organisations which claim to represent the interests of patients suffering various illnesses. Many are funded, and in some case staffed, by the [[pharmaceutical companies]] which sell treatments for the relevant illnesses.
"The [[American Diabetes Association]], a leading patient health group, privately enlisted an [[Eli Lilly & Co.]] executive to chart its growth strategy and write its slogan. The [[National Alliance on Mental Illness]], an outspoken patient advocate, lobbies for treatment programs that also benefit its drug-company donors. ... Although patients seldom know it, many patient groups and drug companies maintain close, multimillion-dollar relationships while disclosing limited or no details about the ties," reports Thomas Ginsberg. [http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/14687073.htm]
