Case File 11 — The Shark Cartilage Myth: How Good Science Became Bad Medicine

In 1992, a businessman published a book called Sharks Don’t Get Cancer — and overnight, a legitimate line of Harvard and MIT cancer research became the justification for a multimillion-dollar supplement industry. This episode traces how real science, carefully caveated by the researchers who produced it, got stripped of its caveats, tested on desperate patients without controls, and sold in health stores across America before a single properly designed trial had been run. For the full written case file, visit thepharmafiles.substack.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepharmafiles.substack.com