Tag: Big Pharma
Trump’s pick for FDA lead is neck deep in opioid industry...
“Dr. Gottlieb has also said he wants the FDA approval process to move faster, and that FDA has too high of a standard for safety.”
Tom Price intervened on rule that would hurt drug profits, the...
While in Congress, HHS Secretary Tom Price acted to help kill a rule that would hurt drug company profits shortly after his broker bought him up to $90,000 worth of pharmaceutical stock.
Booker and the big pharma dems have no excuse. This vote...
Democrats will have to move fast to undo the damage these senators have done.
These 13 Democrats joined with the GOP to defeat Bernie Sanders’...
There is something seriously iffy about the Democrats that voted “nay.”
Cigna drops EpiPen as CVS sells less expensive generic
“The Democratic Party has got to stand up to the greed of the pharmaceutical industry.”
Drug prices likely to rise in Trump Administration
If drug costs continue to rise, it’s a good bet that Pharma will benefit far more than people with Medicare.
How a battle over affordable medicine helped kill the TPP
The debate about an exotic new kind of drug delayed the trade deal for years, thanks in part to relentless advocates who stood up to big pharma.
Big Pharma shares drop as Bernie Sanders launches Twitter attack
Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk clearly care more about their profits than their patients. It’s time to end their greed.
Big Pharma Preps to Spend Hundreds of Millions to Keep Drug...
"PhRMA's decision to hike membership dues 50 percent will increase the trade group's considerable coffers to more than $300 million per year," Politico reports
Bernie Sanders Questions Staggering Price of Cancer Drug
“Members of Congress can no longer allow the drug companies to charge our people the highest prices in the world. We have to make a stand.”
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Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns
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.
Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...
Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.
Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.
ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.