Tag: pharmaceutical industry
Trump’s executive order on drug prices lacks enforcement, legal backing, and...
The president’s directive to lower prescription costs relies on voluntary compliance and vague rulemaking powers, leaving analysts and advocates questioning its efficacy.
FTC report exposes big pharma middlemen inflating drug prices by up...
Report reveals big pharma middlemen inflating drug prices, reaping billions in excess revenue.
Endo’s end around: How one of the nation’s largest opioid makers...
Endo “came with a strategy purposely intended to reduce payments to opioid victims."
FTC sues Big Pharma middlemen over skyrocketing insulin prices, targeting PBM...
The suit also includes their affiliated group purchasing organizations (GPOs), accusing them of blocking patients from accessing cheaper alternatives and distorting drug markets for profit.
Bernie Sanders calls out Big Pharma over exorbitant drug prices: Novo...
As Novo Nordisk rakes in billions, Sen. Bernie Sanders and public health advocates demand answers on why U.S. patients are charged sky-high prices for life-saving drugs like Ozempic while generics could sell for a fraction of the cost.
How Bernie Sanders’ fight against Big Pharma dropped inhaler prices from...
A Maine woman’s story highlights the impact of progressive action on drug prices.
Biden and Sanders denounce ‘corporate greed’ in Big Pharma, demand lower...
President Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders call out pharmaceutical companies for overcharging Americans, urging immediate reform.
FTC challenges Big Pharma over unfair patents as Sanders applauds regulatory...
The Federal Trade Commission intensifies its fight against pharmaceutical patent abuses, aiming to slash drug prices and increase access to generic medications.
Breathing relief: AstraZeneca joins movement to cap US inhaler costs amid...
Following Boehringer Ingelheim's lead, AstraZeneca pledges affordable respiratory care in the U.S., sparking calls for industry-wide reform.
Federal court dismisses Pharma lawsuit against Medicare drug price negotiations
This procedural dismissal effectively sidelines the pharmaceutical industry's concerted efforts to maintain control over drug pricing, marking a significant victory for proponents of healthcare reform.
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An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting bipartisan outrage and warnings of a politically motivated attack on the program.
Governor Hochul to make New York center of nuclear revival in US
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Why the right really hates the Postal Service
It’s not about USPS’s efficiency or viability. It’s about equity and collective good, values that are anathema to predatory capitalism.
Harm reduction, not border cops, credited for historic drop in US overdose deaths
Experts say grassroots public health efforts—not federal drug crackdowns—are driving the largest decline in overdose deaths ever recorded, despite ongoing political attacks on harm reduction.