Tag: pharmaceutical industry
Trump’s drug price reforms amount to a ‘sugar-coated nothing pill’
The president says he wants to lower drug prices, but Big Pharma isn't fooled.
Trump’s drug pricing scam
The plan he announced Friday does little but add another battering ram to his ongoing economic war against America’s allies.
America’s Shkreli problem
What, if anything, does Martin Shkreli’s downfall tell us about modern America?
You Don’t Matter to Drugmakers
Big pharma executives are going all out to paint themselves as the good guys — just not to you.
Emails Reveal Martin Shkreli Raised Drug Prices Purely For Profit
"These new documents provide a rare, inside look at the motivations and tactics of drug company executives."
Of Rotten Apples and Rotten Systems
Shkreli may be a rotten apple, but hedge funds and the pharmaceutical industry are two rotten systems that are costing Americans a bundle.
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