The consequences of commercial influence on health policy for society are devastating. Prescribed drugs continue to be one of the leading causes of death globally after heart disease and cancer.
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Commercial organisations have an extraordinary influence on population health through how they engage with and shape social movements to market their products.1 Corporations have historically exploited health agendas by prioritising messaging about female autonomy to encourage women’s consumption of unhealthy commodities, such as tobacco and alcohol.2 This phenomenon has now expanded across women’s health. Feminist narratives of increasing women’s autonomy and empowerment regarding their healthcare, which first arose through early women’s health movements,34 are now increasingly adopted by commercial entities to market new interventions (technologies, tests, treatments) that lack robust evidence or ignore the evidence that is available.
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