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Sheriffs’ Association Targets Trump With Ads to Stop Prescription Drug Imports
Bringing in prescription drugs from other countries to reduce prices is an idea often criticized by pharma companies.

Pharma Giant Johnson & Johnson Continues Lobbying as Lawsuits Pile On
This is not the first time the company has battled lawsuits accusing it of failing to give consumers proper warnings.

A Lethal Industrial Farm Fungus Is Spreading Among Us
The damage done by industrial farming practices is more than agricultural or economic.

Want to Combat the Opioid Crisis? Pass Single-Payer Health Care.
A for-profit health care system that has generated billions for Big Pharma won't combat the opioid crisis.

OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma to Pay $270 Million Legal Settlement
More than $100 million from the settlement will fund a new addiction treatment and research center in Oklahoma.

Big Pharma Is Running an Elaborate Shell Game — and Lives Are at Stake
Big Pharma’s gambit to deflect attention and blame is dishonest and inaccurate.

Pressured by Grassroots Activism, Eli Lilly Announces Half-Price Insulin
Lilly announced last week that it is rolling out a half-priced, generic version of the medicine Humalog.

Big Pharma Gave Money to Patient Advocacy Groups Opposing Medicare Changes
About half of the groups representing patients have received funding from the pharmaceutical industry.

New Medicare for All Bill Will Dramatically Revamp Health Care
Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal discusses the new bill she introduced.

There Is a Real National Emergency in the US, It’s Just Not the Wall
The opioid emergency requires a multifaceted and sustained solution.