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Follow the Money: Drugmakers Deploy Political Cash as Prices and Anger Mount
Despite running into trouble this year, drugmaker, Mallinckrodtt, has been increasing its lobbying efforts in Congress.
Seventy Top Health Care CEOs Raked in $9.8 Billion Since 2010
CEOs are incentivized not to take actions that would benefit the healthcare system overall, but rather to “inflate stock prices.”
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Emails Show Bayer and Syngenta Fought Scientists for Data on Bees Study
Bayer and Syngenta asked scientists for raw data on a major new study which found that neonicotinoid pesticides cause harm to bees.
Trump’s Plan for Drug Pricing Executive Order Is a Big Pharma Wish List
Trump's planned executive order on drug pricing goes out of its way to end existing discounts to low-income people.
Opioid Crisis Now Leading Cause of Death for Americans Under 50
Dr. Andrew Kolodny, co-director of opioid policy research at Brandeis University, discusses how Big Pharma contributes to the ongoing opioid crisis.
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Why Even the Private Health Insurance Industry Hates the House Health Bill
Leaders of the private health industry want you to look elsewhere while they help write the Senate version of Trumpcare.
Should We Treat Pharma as a Public Utility?
Medications are a vital need like electricity, water and gas; it's time to recognize them as a public utility.
Big Pharma’s Pollution Is Creating Deadly Superbugs While the World Looks the Other Way
Environmental standards do not feature in international regulations governing drug production.
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Six Ways to Put Public Interest Ahead of Big Pharma Profits
Increase access to generics, end “evergreening” drug patents, and other ways to put people before profits.