Science For Sale: How Drugmakers Captured The FDA
The pharmaceutical industry spent decades manipulating the country’s top drug regulator into rubber-stamping its products. The Trump administration is making matters worse.
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How A Pharma Giant Is Looting The Pentagon
The drug intermediary overseeing the military’s TRICARE pharmacy program is limiting access to care and overcharging taxpayers hundreds of dollars on average per prescription.
Pharmacies Block Online COVID-19 Vaccine Access — Even Where It’s Legal
Sixteen states have bucked new Trump restrictions and allow all residents to receive COVID-19 vaccines, but major pharmacy chains’ websites still say otherwise.
Cannibalism At The Pharmacy Counter
CVS Health systematically undercut its competitor Rite Aid while lining up to buy the failing pharmacy chain for parts, a new lawsuit alleges.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Psychedelic Southern Comfort
Republicans stumble in their war on the poor, a big state opens its mind, citizens take on dark money, and a prescription emerges for pharma profiteering.
Drugmakers’ Secret Weapon To Keep Your Meds Overpriced
Big drugmakers are abusing the drug patent process to generate extra revenue at the cost of patients, according to a new report.
FDA Approved — And Ineffective
Federal regulators have authorized hundreds of drugs without evidence they work, and many are dangerous.
The Pharma Puppets Keeping Your Drug Prices High
Six supposed patient advocacy groups are closely linked to drugmakers and pushing industry-aligned agendas, according to a new report.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Rewriting The Prescription Playbook
States are cutting out the medicine middleman, an Ivy League college fixes its math, questionable opioid prescriptions are set right, and vacations just got simpler.
You’ve Already Paid $6 Billion For Weight-Loss Drugs You Can’t Afford
U.S. taxpayers spent billions developing Ozempic-type diabetes and weight-loss drugs — now those drugs’ markups could bankrupt the U.S. health care system.