Tag: Big Pharma

Black Protester Shows Nazi That Love Really Does Trump Hate

Aaron Courtney, an African-American man and high school football coach probably didn't plan on hugging a white supremacist last weekend - however, that's exactly what happened. Last week, hundreds of white nationalists and counter-protesters faced off in Gainesville, Florida during a speech by alt-right leader, Richard Spencer (Spencer's speech was quickly drowned out by chants of "Go home!"). At one point during the protest, a...

The Family Profiting From the Opioid Crisis Hides Behind Charity

America is facing an unprecedented public health crisis— opioid addiction and the subsequent loss of many lives. The prescription drug OxyContin has been attributed to many of these deaths. Amazingly, however, little is known about the proprietors of OxyContin— the Sackler family. Their secret? Calculated and lavish acts of philanthropy. America’s Opioid Crisis: a Public Health Issue of Epic Proportions A recent article published in the New...
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New Study Shows Big Pharma is Lying About Real Cost of Anti-Cancer Drugs

A recent study suggests that anti-cancer drugs in the US are significantly overpriced, and that even with research and development costs considered, these elevated...

Jail Time Might be Coming For Opioid Executives Who Profited From Addiction

With each passing day, more than 115 people in the U.S. die from opioid abuse. There were 63,000 opioid overdose deaths in 2016 alone—...

Hospitals Are Starting to Make Their Own Drugs to Beat Big Pharma

Fed up with surprises from the pharmaceutical industry, major hospitals in the US are now teaming up to form their own nonprofit drug company. It’s...