Big Pharma Drug Scandals

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  Big Pharma says they need to charge astronomical prices to pay for research and development. Yet, the amount they spend on manipulating the market to enrich shareholders completely eclipses what's spent on R&D. Today, I confronted a CEO about the industry's lies, with visuals ⤵️

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  ‘My pain levels have completely dropped’: how medical marijuana changed my life

  The Guardian - Julia Kollewe

  Andrea Wright, diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis and fibromyalgia, is now having a proper night’s sleep Andrea Wright, 39, from Bristol, was diagnosed in 2013 with psoriatic arthritis and fibromyalgia, a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body. She was in such severe constant pain, …

• And even that is a pittance in relation to the havoc that was wreaked by their poison .. and they knew it.

  

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  Purdue Pharma owners willing to pay up to $6bn to settle opioid suits

  Guardian US - Associated Press in New York

  Members of Sackler family would contribute sum over 18 years under latest proposal Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, are willing to kick in more money – up to $6bn in total – to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids as the …

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  Covid vaccines deserve our trust – but big pharma doesn’t

  The Guardian - Laura Spinney

  The pandemic has saved the reputation of some pharmaceutical giants whose track records should not be whitewashed Last week, a commission set up by Stanford University and the Lancet found that the devastating opioid crisis in North America could happen again, and not just there. The unethical …

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  Biden calls for intellectual property waivers on COVID vaccines

  Al Jazeera

  World Trade Organization negotiations over waivers are currently deadlocked amid opposition by some wealthy nations. US President Joe Biden has called on countries attending a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting next week to waive intellectual property protections on coronavirus vaccines, as …

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  ‘It’s devastating’: how fentanyl is unfolding as one of America’s greatest tragedies

  Guardian US - Melody Schreiber

  More than 100,000 people died from overdoses in a single year – driven primarily by one drug It was August 2020, and Luca Manuel, 13, was starting eighth grade the following day in Redding, California. He was excited to see his friends; his mother had bought him a stash of masks and school supplies …