Tag: Big Pharma
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.
Big Pharma invests millions as Congress readies drug pricing bills
As millions of Americans skip their medication due to the ballooning high prescription costs, Congress is seeking ways to cap drug pricing.
Big Pharma is the most widely hated industry in the US
With drug prices continuing to sore and the ongoing opioid epidemic and lawsuits associated with it, the industry's rating likely will not recover any time soon.
How much have the 2020 presidential candidates received from the healthcare...
So far the healthcare industry has contributed more than $5 million to the election.
Watch Bernie Sanders call out CNN for airing Big Pharma ads...
"The healthcare industry will be advertising tonight on this program."
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Global outrage after Israel seizes Gaza-bound aid ship in international waters
With activists from 10 countries aboard, including Greta Thunberg and a member of the European Parliament, Israel’s armed interception of the Madleen is being condemned as piracy and a violation of international law.
New poll shows Medicaid cuts could cost GOP senators support—even from their own base
As Republicans push a bill that could strip healthcare from millions, new polling reveals deep concern among GOP voters, including Trump supporters, about slashing Medicaid to fund tax breaks.
Trump’s nuclear orders revive a failed industry at the expense of public safety and...
Executive orders to quadruple U.S. nuclear capacity ignore cost overruns, radiation risks, and a global shift toward cheaper, safer renewables—all while gutting the agency meant to protect the public
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New lawsuit claims Ziploc brand products misleading, increases risk of exposure to microplastics
Made from polyethylene and polypropylene, research shows that these materials release microplastics when microwaved and frozen "making them fundamentally unfit for microwave and freezer use."