Trump STRUGGLES as RFK Jr. Gets EXPOSED by MURDOCH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iQr68PDY40

Biden looks to boost domestic drug manufacturing amid shortages

Amid widespread drug shortages, President Biden is outlining a plan to increase domestic production of essential pharmaceuticals — including by leveraging a defense law used to bolster countermeasures against COVID-19…

https://www.axios.com/2023/11/28/biden-drug-shortages-defense-production-act-covid

By every measure, Ron DeSantis’ newest Covid gambit is a tragedy

At a roundtable he convened of Covid vaccine skeptics and opponents — including his own surgeon general — he formally called on the state Supreme Court to impanel a grand jury to investigate whether pharmaceutical companies criminally misled Floridians about the side effects of vaccines, a position at odds with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/every-measure-ron-desantis-newest-covid-gambit-tragedy-rcna61731

GOP 'Working Hand in Hand With Big Pharma' to Kill Drug Price Reform Behind Closed Doors

"Republicans are going to use every tool they have to keep drug prices high and drug industry profits higher," said one Democratic senator...

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/07/27/gop-working-hand-hand-big-pharma-kill-drug-price-reform-behind-closed-doors

Big Pharma's 'appalling' $26 billion in shareholder payouts could fund vaccines for all of Africa: report - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism

... These vaccines were funded by public money and are desperately needed worldwide if we are to end this pandemic," Heidi Chow, senior campaigns and policy manager at Global Justice Now, said in a statement. "It's morally bankrupt for rich country leaders to allow a small group of corporations to keep the vaccine technology and know-how under lock and key while selling their limited doses to the highest bidder."

https://www.rawstory.com/big-pharmas-appalling-26-billion-in-shareholder-payouts-could-fund-vaccines-for-all-of-africa-report/

Pharmaceutical companies have no idea what ‘meeting’ Trump is talking about them attending – Raw Story

President Donald Trump either forgot or made up an upcoming meeting with the pharmaceutical industry that he announced would happen “this week.” Before leaving for his trip to Kenosha, Wisconsin, Trump said that the drug companies would be at the White House to broker a deal that would “substantially” reduce drug prices. When asked who would be attending the meeting and when it was scheduled, the White House refused to comment. It’s now becoming clear that the reason was they were just as clueless about it as the drug companies, Bloomberg News reported. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/pharmaceutical-companies-have-no-idea-what-meeting-trump-is-talking-about-them-attending/

Pharmaceutical executives are getting multimillion-dollar payouts — without even producing a vaccine

Top executives at one company can start exercising options worth up to over $100 million, even if the vaccine never makes it to market.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/corporations/pharmaceutical-executives-are-getting-multimillion-dollar-payouts-without-even-producing-n1235022

‘This is a massive scandal’: Trump FDA grants drug company exclusive claim on promising coronavirus drug – Raw Story

As healthcare providers across the U.S. desperately attempt to treat a rapidly growing number of patients with the coronavirus, a pharmaceutical company with ties to the Trump administration has been granted exclusive status for a drug it is developing to treat the illness—a potential windfall for the company that could put the medication out of reach for many Americans. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/this-is-a-massive-scandal-trump-fda-grants-drug-company-exclusive-claim-on-promising-coronavirus-drug/

Trump’s baffling coronavirus vaccine event - The Washington Post

A roundtable with pharmaceutical CEOS on Monday didn't exactly paint a picture of a president who is truly engaged....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/03/trumps-baffling-coronavirus-vaccine-event/

Drug companies exaggerate — controlling drug prices won't threaten innovation | TheHill

It is hard to not be impressed by the progress Americans have made in combatting diseases. Cures for hepatitis C and advances in breast cancer treatments have changed lives. This is in part due to scientific breakthroughs at our national laboratories, universities and the pharmaceutical industry. But progress creating new drugs has led to a new problem: a drug pricing crisis. ....
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/470266-drug-companies-exaggerate-controlling-drug-prices-wont-threaten-innovation

We Found Over 700 Doctors Who Were Paid More Than a Million Dollars by Drug and Medical Device Companies - ProPublica

ProPublica has been tracking drug company spending on doctors since 2010. We just updated our database and found that companies are still paying private doctors huge sums for promotional talks and consulting.....
https://www.propublica.org/article/we-found-over-700-doctors-who-were-paid-more-than-a-million-dollars-by-drug-and-medical-device-companies

CBO: Pelosi bill to lower drug prices saves Medicare $345 billion - The Hill

A preliminary analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that the core provision of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) signature bill to lower drug prices would save Medicare $345 billion between 2023 and 2029....
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/465491-cbo-pelosi-bill-to-lower-drug-prices-saves-medicare-345-billion

‘Tactic 8’ in the secret drug industry plan to defeat the DEA: Find a champion in Congress - The Washington Post

Newly unsealed documents in a landmark civil case in Cleveland provide clues to one of the most enduring mysteries of the opioid epidemic: How were drug companies able to weaken the federal government's most powerful enforcement weapon at the height of the crisis?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/classic-apps/tactic-8-in-the-secret-drug-industry-plan-to-defeat-the-dea-find-a-champion-in-congress/2019/09/13/e7f5fe80-b534-11e9-951e-de024209545d_story.html

This Abortion Drug Is Safe And Effective. Why Can’t You Buy It In A Pharmacy? - HuffPost

A first-of-its-kind study underway in California and Washington state could pave the way for the Food and Drug Administration to make mifepristone, the most widely used abortion drug in the United States, available at pharmacies. Today, mifepristone is only available at abortion clinics, doctor's offices or hospitals, from providers who register with the drug's manufacturer. The FDA imposes special rules on mifepristone that prevent it -- unlike most medications -- from being stocked and sold in a pharmacy...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mifepristone-abortion-drug-pharmacy_n_5d28a234e4b02a5a5d59e6f6

How a 'hard' Brexit would harm US banks, carmakers and drug companies - The Conversation US

American companies still face enormous uncertainty about how they'll be doing business in the UK and EU in the coming years, particularly as the April 12 Brexit deadline draws closer....
https://theconversation.com/how-a-hard-brexit-would-harm-us-banks-carmakers-and-drug-companies-115096

OxyContin makers considered capitalizing on addiction treatment — for drugs they were selling - ProPublica

Secret portions of a lawsuit allege that Purdue Pharma, controlled by the Sackler family, considered capitalizing on the addiction treatment boom — while going to extreme lengths to boost sales of its controversial opioid. ....
https://www.propublica.org/article/oxycontin-purdue-pharma-massachusetts-lawsuit-anti-addiction-market

American Woman's Medication Costs 10% of US Price in Spain

This woman got her medication in Spain for just 10% of its cost in the U.S. It's time we pass meaningful legislation to stop letting pharma rip us off....
https://youtu.be/HLDQbf9ea0U

Bipartisan senators introduce new drug pricing bill - The Hill

A bill introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) will seek to crack down on the tactics used by drug companies like Mylan to overcharge taxpayers for Medicaid rebates....
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/419725-bipartisan-senators-introduce-new-drug-pricing-bill

After Only a Few Days, Trump's Drug Plan Is Already Dead - Mother Jones

Do you remember that plan from a week ago about making pharmaceutical companies cut the price of some of their most expensive drugs to match prices in Europe? It was, oh, let's just check here—well, it was last week. An eternity in Trump time, I know. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/11/after-only-a-few-days-trumps-drug-plan-is-already-dead/

Yet another company in Rick Scott's 'blind trust' made millions off state contracts: report - Raw Story

On Thursday, the Palm Beach Post reported that a controversial drug manufacturer in the "blind trust" of Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) was paid hundreds of millions of dollars by the state Medicaid program since he has been in office: ...
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/yet-another-company-rick-scotts-blind-trust-made-millions-off-state-contracts-report/