Tag: Big Pharma

"This kind of revolving door influence-peddling smacks of corruption."

An analysis of U.S. court secrecy, conducted by Reuters, shows that by sealing evidence from the public, judges may have lengthened and deepened the epidemic.

“I’ve concluded that there are some drugs that simply do not belong in the hands of a for-profit company.”

The county says that opioid use and addiction has cost it millions of dollars.

"In my view, we will not defeat Donald Trump unless we bring excitement and energy into the campaign, and unless we give millions of working people and young people a reason to vote, and a reason to believe that politics is relevant to their lives."

Healing people is no justification for killing the planet.

"There is also nothing as yet to prevent HHS from simply negotiating bad deals that do not meaningfully lower drug prices."

"Teva and its co-conspirators embarked on one of the most egregious and damaging price-fixing conspiracies in the history of the United States."

Booker has sworn off corporate PAC contributions, but his biggest donors work in fields whose interests run counter to progressive priorities.

The powerful corporate and government forces that minimize the less powerful must be challenged, even in the face of overwhelming odds.