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Big Pharma
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Big Pharma Legal Battles Reminiscent of Lawsuits against Tobacco Industry
As we have often reported, there is a wave of litigation by state attorneys against opioid manufacturers and…
July 5, 2017
Big Pharma Is Developing Cannabis Painkillers
Ever since reports began to surface about how a growing number of patients in medical marijuana states are…
June 29, 2017
Deadly Drug Policies
The death rate for young Americans has increased by 8 percent between 2010 and 2015, according to a recent…
June 14, 2017
Prosecutors’ Lawsuit Says Opioid Drug Makers Deceived Public
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new lawsuit invokes the plight of a baby born dependent on opioid drugs,…
June 13, 2017
Prescription Drugs Still Vanishing at VA Hospitals
If you are in need of prescription opiates, make your way to the nearest Veterans Affairs hospital. Not…
May 31, 2017
GW Pharmaceuticals Files for FDA Approval After Report Confirms Success in Treating Epilepsy
GW Pharmaceuticals has chosen the perfect moment to file its cannabis-derived therapy, Epidiolex, with U.S. regulators. The New England…
May 31, 2017
British Health Authorities Accused U.S. Pharma Giant of Price-Fixing
American drug companies are some of the most profitable corporations in the world. Profit margins of 10 percent, 20 percent,…
May 25, 2017
Report: Most Heroin Is Tainted by Fentanyl
North America’s opiate crisis has followed a linear, almost predictable script, like a tragedy in five acts piling…
May 19, 2017
High Pharmaceutical Prices Mean Sick People Are Trading Drugs on Facebook
There were a few Donald Trump promises even a self-respecting Democratic Socialist of America would have wanted to…
May 15, 2017
Meet Trump’s ‘Marijuana-Is-A-Gateway-Drug-To’ Opiates Commission
The opiate overdose crisis has reached epic proportions in the United States. In 2015, the CDC reported over 33,000…
May 12, 2017