The new documentary “Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs ” looks at how illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created by pharmaceutical companies to make greater profits. We play an excerpt. [includes rush transcript]

We end today’s program with a look at how illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created by pharmaceutical companies to make greater profits. This is an excerpt of the new documentary “Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs.” It was produced by the Media Education Foundation.

• Excerpt of “Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs.”