Tag: prescription drugs
‘Monstrous’: Federal judge rules HIV drug coverage mandate violates religious freedom
"No one's religious beliefs should ever prevent access to essential lifesaving medication."
Walmart, CVS and Walgreens must pay $650M for filling prescriptions to...
A federal judge in Ohio found the pharmacy chains accountable for filling prescriptions even after suspecting doctors were operating pill mills.
Corruption in drug patents: Take away the money
When patents can be worth enormous sums of money, companies will find ways to abuse the system.
Progressive organizations launch new campaign: ‘Make Meds Affordable’
The new campaign is calling on President Biden to take executive action to lower drug prices.
While lobbying to kill Build Back Better, Pharma hikes costs of...
"Outrageously high prescription drug prices are now even higher."
Coalition calls for bold pricing reforms to save $450 billion on...
"Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and then reinvesting those savings back into the program to expand services further strengthens our path towards universal coverage for all."
FDA failed to make sure opioid prescriptions were safe, documents show
"FDA has tools that could mitigate opioid risks more effectively if the agency would be more assertive in using its power to control opioid prescribing, manufacturing, and distribution."
New study shows staggering consequences of for-profit healthcare system and Americans’...
34 million adults know someone who died after not getting the necessary treatment because of affordability.
A drug to treat a rare disease used to cost patients...
"The egregious price set by Catalyst cannot be allowed to stand. Patients in America should not be allowed to suffer or die because of the greed of a drug company."
Senate Democrats introduce bill to deny tax loophole for Big Pharma...
“The American public shouldn’t be subsidizing Big Pharma’s ads which is why my legislation would close this egregious loophole.”
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States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.