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European Regulators Approve Bayer’s Purchase Of GMO & Pesticide Goliath Monsanto

Two years after pharma company Bayer first agreed to purchase GMO and pesticide Goliath Monsanto, European regulators have given their seal of approval to the deal. […]

U.S. tries to limit junk food warning labels in NAFTA talks

NEWS The contentious negotiations over the fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have veered into one of the world’s most pressing health issues: […]

Patients not being told about doctors’ pharma conflicts of interest

NEWS Hospitals in the UK are failing to inform patients when doctors responsible for choosing their drugs have received money from pharmaceutical companies, finds a new study […]

Big pharma under fire for marketing stronger painkillers to doctors

NEWS Drug companies have come under fire for allegedly using a crackdown on codeine sales as an opportunity to market stronger painkillers to doctors. COMMENT Painkillers […]

US senators question cancer drug’s 1,400% price rise

NEWS A bipartisan group of US senators has asked the head of a pharmaceutical company why the cost of a 40-year-old cancer drug has risen 1,400 […]

Bayer’s takeover of Monsanto reportedly gets clearance in the United States

NEWS The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has decided to approve Bayer’s $66-billion takeover of Monsanto, thus removing the last major […]

Patients prescribed antidepressant drugs discover they are highly addictive

NEWS Patients who try to stop taking antidepressant drugs often say they cannot. In a recent survey of 250 long-term users of psychiatric drugs — most commonly antidepressants […]

U.S. senator introduces bill to jail pharma executives over opioid crisis

NEWS WASHINGTON — United States Senator Bernie Sanders will introduce a bill that would impose jail time for pharmaceutical executives whose companies engage in manipulative practices […]