At least 11 of the 17 members of the UK government’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition have conflicts of interest with the likes of Nestle, sugar manufacturer Tate and Lyle, and the world’s largest ice cream producer, Unilever, reports Sophie Borland in the British Medical Journal.
The Sackler family, which owns the OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, has agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a settlement to lawsuits arising from the opioid epidemic.
Seeking to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages, Bayer says it is again petitioning the United States Supreme Court to sharply limit legal claims that its glyphosate-based weedkiller Roundup causes cancer.
The American opioid epidemic saw deaths from prescription opioid drugs rise by a staggering 200 percent between 2000 and 2014. This didn’t just happen by accident. […]
In a major escalation of its ongoing legal and financial crisis, Bayer is reportedly preparing to settle thousands of lawsuits involving its controversial Roundup weedkiller – […]
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of the Legion of Honor, France’s highest distinction. According to emerging details, the decision resulted from his one-year prison sentence for corruption.
Newly discovered documents reveal that the undemocratic structure of the “Brussels EU” has its roots in the post WWII plans of the IG Farben/Nazi-coalition in a conquered Europe.
Global Pharma Market Expected to Reach $1.7 Trillion by 2030
Global growth in the pharma market will reach 7.7 percent through to the end of the decade, according to an analysis from industry commentator Evaluate. The London-based firm has released its 2024 World Preview Report, which suggests that worldwide prescription drug sales could reach $1.7 trillion by 2030.