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Big Pharma

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Big Pharma to Become One of Nation’s Biggest Tax Cheats, and More
Two of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world are about to merge.

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World’s Poorest Countries Allowed to Keep Copying Patent-Protected Drugs
Despite some criticisms, the WTO's decision to extend the waiver should be praised.

Mental Health Bill Caters to Big Pharma and Would Expand Coercive Treatments
The “Murphy Bill” appears to cater more to pharmaceutical companies.

How Much of Big Pharma’s Massive Profits Are Used to Influence Politicians?
Recent proposals by presidential candidates to regulate drug prices may be long shots due to Big Pharma's lobbying.

French Doctor Denounces Routine Alzheimer Medications
There is no cure and research has shown that currently employed pharmaceutical treatment brings no results and may be harmful.

Prescription Drug Price Controversy Highlights What’s Wrong With Big Pharma
Now pharmaceutical companies have discovered a way to reclaim the generic market.

Dean Baker | Will President Obama Stand Up to the Drug Thugs?
It takes a lot of courage to defy the folks who make tens of billions a year selling drugs.

The “Institutional Corruption” of Psychiatry: A Conversation With Authors of “Psychiatry Under the Influence“
Authors discuss book about the corrupting influence pharmaceutical money has on the psychiatric industry.

The Rise of Big Generic: Why Knockoff Prescriptions Now Cost $1,200
Rampant consolidation in the generic drug industry has left patients paying shocking prices.

Big Pharma Is Killing Us
Companies that make our medicine don't do it for public health - they do it for profit.