Tag: pharmaceutical industry
‘Time to end the greed’: Sanders vows bill to cap price...
"Insulin manufacturers have shown time and time again that they will put their CEOs' profits over patients' lives."
FDA makes abortion pills available in pharmacies and through mail-orders companies
Any pharmacy can provide the pills to patients as long at drugstores and large chains have completed the certification process.
Big Pharma and GOP allies aim to sabotage Medicare drug price...
"Patients fought hard for the reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act—and we won't let Big Pharma and its allies' fearmongering scare us."
We don’t need government-granted patent monopolies to finance drug development
The best way to get alternatives to the current patent system was to have examples of successful drugs developed without relying on patent monopolies.
And this year’s ‘Pharma Greed Awards’ go to…
"Pharma execs are celebrating their own greed with a round of back-slapping awards and swigging champagne."
New documents show how drug companies targeted doctors to increase opioid...
A trove of recently released documents offers the public an unvarnished look inside those relationships from the perspective of drug companies themselves.
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."
Biden must take on Big Pharma over cancer drug that costs...
The United States government should be using its investments in medical research and innovation to benefit all Americans, not just the shareholders at a few corporations.
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David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...
As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.
Trump’s Energy Department pick: A Fracking CEO who claims ‘there is no climate crisis’
Wright’s history of denying the severity of climate change raise critical questions about his ability to lead an agency central to energy innovation and climate policy.
Pentagon fails seventh straight audit amid $1 trillion military budget
Meanwhile, Congress continues to approve unprecedented increases in military spending, pushing the budget close to $1 trillion.
Protesters demand US Senate block weapons sales to Israel amid Gaza death toll exceeding...
Emblazoned with slogans like “Stop Arming Israel” and “Fund Housing, Not Genocide,” demonstrators gathered in the Hart Senate Office Building ahead of a pivotal Senate vote on Wednesday.
Senate rejects Sanders’ push to halt US arms sales as weapons fuel 44,000 deaths...
The Senate overwhelmingly voted against the measures, leaving advocates of peace and human rights questioning U.S. complicity in the alleged war crimes unfolding in Gaza.