But Then, Each Is Lovely In Its Way

On second thought, perhaps pharmaceutical makers are not the devil incarnate. In this year’s edition of an annual Harris Poll on consumers’ attitudes toward various industries, people were more indulgent toward the pharmaceutical/drugs industry than in 2005. Its net positive score (subtracting the “bad job” vote from the “good job” tally) rose 12 points. Still, it’s 35 points lower than it was as recently as 1997. Elsewhere in the poll, the airline sector saw its net positive rating drop 20 points amid higher ticket prices and assorted surcharges.