NEWS In 2018, cancer drugs earned the pharmaceutical industry $123.8 billion. COMMENT Drugs for cancer have been the largest business sector of the global pharmaceutical industry […]

NEWS Rising use of prescription opioids and other drugs in the United States is taking its toll on mortality rates, according to a study that has […]

NEWS The former head of Turing Pharmaceuticals, Martin Shkreli, currently serving a seven-year sentence for defrauding investors, has been sued by U.S. officials for raising the […]

NEWS A new study has found that non-profit patient groups often fail to disclose funding they receive from the pharma industry. COMMENT It isn’t just patient […]

NEWS A new Scottish health project aims to tackle the harm caused to the environment by pharmaceutical drugs. COMMENT It has been clear for years now […]

NEWS Typically, wastewater treatment plants are not equipped to remove pharmaceuticals. When scientists from the United States Geological Survey tested effluent from the Morgantown, West Virginia, […]

NEWS A new report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has concluded that widespread pharma industry influence is jeopardizing the integrity of medical research […]

NEWS The pharma industry’s quest for profits is what is driving up drug prices, confirms Dennis Bourdette, M.D., chair of neurology in the Oregon Health and […]