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Pharmaceutical Industry
Pharmaceutical Makers Sending Drug-Spiked Water to Treatment Plants
Water treatment plants near drug makers are getting heavily drugged.
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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.
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Big Pharma Seeks to Capitalize on Pain-Reducing Compound Derived From Cannabis
While regulators debate the cannabis-derived compound CBD's legal status, Big Pharma attempts to corner the market.
Nonprofit Foundation Rakes in Cystic Fibrosis Drug Revenues
Rather than push for costs of medications to be lower for patients, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has an incentive to keep costs high.
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.
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William Rivers Pitt | Dr. Kelsey and the Children: A Woman Who Changed the World
Dr. Kelsey died last week at the age of 101 years old.
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Big Pharma Urges Women to Fight for Access to Harmful Pill
The pharmaceutical industry is pressuring the FDA to approve a pill for “Female Sexual Disorder” that comes with some significant side effects for many women.
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Why Drug Prices Are Out of Control, or Money Well Spent by Big Pharma
Wonder why drug prices are skyrocketing? A primer on how lobbying works best to make people really rich.
If Frances Kelsey Could Protect America from the Pharmaceutical Industry in 1962, Congress Can Today
If you are in your 40s or 50s today, Frances Kelsey may have saved your life by standing up to big pharma.