News | Environment & Health Big Pharma Makes More Off of US Sales Than Rest of the World Combined Conservative Democrats have been fighting to keep a drug price negotiation provision out of the reconciliation bill. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout October 1, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Sinema Opposes Drug Bills After Receiving $750K in Donations From Big Pharma Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is rejecting a drug-pricing proposal supported by nearly 90 percent of voters. By Igor Derysh , Salon September 23, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Patient Advocacy Group Calls Out 2 Dems for “Selling Us Out to Drug Companies” Two Democrats oppose a plan to let Medicare directly negotiate prescription drug prices, which could lower costs. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams September 17, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Sanders Blasts Conservative Democrats for Siding With Big Pharma Over Voters Pharma “owns the Republican Party,” Sanders said, but there’s “no excuse” for Democrats to oppose lowering drug prices. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout September 16, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Pharma-Funded Democrats Are Opposing a Crucial Drug-Pricing Plan If they vote with conservatives, they are conservatives. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout September 15, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Pfizer and Moderna Hike EU Vaccine Prices as Rich Countries Oppose Patent Waiver The two companies are already expected to rake in tens of billions of dollars this year from vaccine sales. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams August 3, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Biden Faces Growing Pressure to Force Big Pharma to Share Vaccine Recipes The U.S. government owns the patent for critical spike-protein technology utilized in the development of COVID vaccines. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams July 28, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Pfizer Is Upholding Global Vaccine Apartheid. Today We Risk Arrest to Stop It. Billions of people still haven’t received their first dose due to their inability to access a COVID vaccine. By Priscilla Robinson , Truthout July 14, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Big Pharma Firms Spend More on Executive Pay and Dividends Than on Research One company, Novo Nordisk, spent twice as much on executive pay and buying back its own stock as it did on research. By Michael McAuliff , KaiserHealthNews July 9, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Activism Made AIDS Treatment More Accessible — That’s What It’ll Take for COVID AIDS researcher Sam Friedman discusses the lessons learned from the movement to lower prices for vital AIDS treatments. By Danny Katch , Truthout June 13, 2021 Truthout