Evidence based scientific method independently funded studies have nothing to do with the field of medicine, which MOSTLY (some exceptions with the more mechanical fields of health care) only focuses on the circular symptoms - medicines cycle. Pharma creates Med schools and their curricula.
Dr. Malhotra is POed at Big Pharma, and with his dad now prematurely dead is probably going to be sinking some highly credentialed pit bull teeth into some Phama backside very soon, and locking those monster dog jaws in place until he sees real reform (surely will take a while)