April 3, 2020

U.S. Drug Regulator Lets Pharma Company Off The Hook In Data Manipulation Case

NEWS Having previously said it would consider civil or criminal penalties against pharma company Novartis in relation to the manipulation of data for a gene therapy […]
April 3, 2020

Pharma Company & U.S. Government Team Up In $1 Billion Coronavirus Vaccine Project

NEWS Pharma firm Johnson & Johnson has announced that it and the U.S. government, through a military research agency, will together devote $1 billion to a coronavirus […]
April 3, 2020

An Aspirin A Day Does Not Keep Dementia At Bay

NEWS Taking a low-dose aspirin once a day does not reduce the risk of thinking and memory problems caused by mild cognitive impairment or probable Alzheimer’s […]
March 25, 2020

Drug Companies Will Make A Killing From Coronavirus

NEWS Unless they fix the system, American taxpayers will get gouged on a vaccine they paid to produce. COMMENT The coronavirus pandemic is currently threatening the […]
March 13, 2020

Big Pharma Can’t Be Trusted To Solve Coronavirus

NEWS Spiraling inequality has become a scar on our world and is at the root of so many of the problems humanity faces. The current coronavirus […]
March 13, 2020

Investor Lawsuit Against Bayer Cites ‘Disastrous’ Monsanto Acquisition

NEWS A Bayer investor has sued the company’s board and other top officials, saying the ‘disastrous’ 2018 acquisition of Monsanto eroded Bayer’s share value by saddling […]
March 13, 2020

Drug Prices In United States Rose Three Times Faster Than Inflation During Past Decade

NEWS In the United States, the cost of prescription drugs – even after discounts – rose over three times faster than the rate of inflation during […]
March 5, 2020

Drug Company Novartis Fined $195 Million Following Criminal Collusion In Price-Fixing Scheme

NEWS Sandoz, the generic drug unit of pharmaceutical giant Novartis, has admitted it colluded with other companies to inflate the prices of generic drugs and is […]