News | Environment & Health High Cost of Insulin Sends Americans to Canada Where It’s 90 Percent Cheaper Between 2012 and 2016, the cost of insulin nearly doubled. By Sarah Varney , KaiserHealthNews July 27, 2019 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Which 2020 Democrats Are Taking Money From the Health Care Industry? Hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and insurers are working together to stop Sanders's proposed healthcare plan. By Karl Evers-Hillstrom & Jessica Piper , CenterforResponsivePolitics July 21, 2019 Truthout
News | Environment & Health 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. By Camille Erickson , CenterforResponsivePolitics June 6, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor The Key to Cheap Drugs: Pay Research Costs Upfront Government-granted patent monopolies are the cause of high drug prices. By Dean Baker , Truthout February 18, 2019 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Tainted Drugs: When Medicine Makes Patients Sicker A review of thousands of FDA documents reveals how poorly manufactured or contaminated drugs can reach consumers. By Sydney Lupkin , KaiserHealthNews January 11, 2019 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health New Database Reveals Extent of Drug Makers’ Patronage of Lawmakers A new database tracks campaign donations from drug makers over the past 10 years. By Emmarie Huetteman & Sydney Lupkin , KaiserHealthNews October 22, 2018 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Drug Makers Play the Patent Game to Lock in Prices, Block Competitors No industry gets a greater financial return from its patent strategy than pharmaceuticals. By Sarah Jane Tribble , KaiserHealthNews October 12, 2018 Truthout
Environment & Health FDA Repays Industry by Rushing Risky Drugs to Market The agency is fast-tracking expensive drugs with significant side effects and inconclusive evidence. By Caroline Chen , ProPublica June 30, 2018 Truthout
Environment & Health Pharmaceutical Makers Sending Drug-Spiked Water to Treatment Plants Water treatment plants near drug makers are getting heavily drugged. By Brian Bienkowski , EnvironmentalHealthNews May 26, 2018 Truthout
Op-Ed | 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. By Clo Copass , YES!Magazine May 7, 2017 Truthout