Tag: Big Pharma
Afghanistan and the Purdue Pharma case are reminders that the US...
The Sacklers said they wanted “global peace” from future lawsuits, and they got what they wanted. Meanwhile, in the failed narco-state they helped create, the war goes on.
Global health activists say it’s time we ask Big Pharma to...
“Can the government go against private interests to protect the public interest?”
“Crime of the century”: How big pharma fueled the opioid crisis...
“I realized that the big problem here was that we had been seeing it as a crisis, like a natural disaster, like a flood or a hurricane, rather than as a series of crimes.”
As big pharma stock soars, third FDA adviser resigns over approval...
The doctor and panel member wrote that it "was probably the worst drug approval decision in recent U.S. history."
Big Pharma’s ‘appalling’ $26 billion in shareholder payouts could fund vaccines...
“Instead of creating new vaccine billionaires, we need to be vaccinating billions in developing countries.”
‘A scandal’: Contracts show Trump giving big pharma free rein to...
“The amount of money the government is throwing at companies is unprecedented. Normally when you write bigger checks, you should have more leverage, not less leverage.”
Promising coronavirus treatment granted exclusive status to Gilead Sciences by FDA
"We will not tolerate profiteering. Any treatment or vaccine must be made free for all."
Biden and Buttigieg see pharma money as the cure for campaign...
Biden and Buttigieg’s influx of pharmaceutical money doesn’t bode well for their campaign promises to reign in the industry.
Ex-pharma lobbyist embedded in White House tanked drug pricing bill, while...
Trump’s top healthcare adviser, former Gilead Sciences lobbyist Joe Grogan, strenuously lobbied within the White House and on Capitol Hill against price negotiations.
Big Pharma has failed: the antibiotic pipeline needs to be taken...
Similar to the other major crisis of our era – climate change – the antibiotic crisis poses a fundamental threat to human wellbeing around the world.
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Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.
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Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.