by Marty Kassowitz | Oct 6, 2021 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality, Quick Facts
A few days ago, the big story was that Merck had brought out a new drug shown to reduce death and duration for people suffering from Covid-19. Molnupiravir, another pharmaceutical mouthful, sounded like a nice breakthrough and very needed. Good news for a change. But...
by Common Dreams | Sep 21, 2021 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality
Republished with permission from Common Dreams, by Jake Johnson Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and progressive healthcare campaigners from across the U.S. rallied at the headquarters of Big Pharma’s top lobbying group on Tuesday to denounce the industry’s...
by Marty Kassowitz | Aug 3, 2021 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality
Been to the pharmacy lately to pick up a prescription and find that your drug cost and/or copay has gone to the moon? Pharma companies, they really should be called cartels now, spend a lot of money to keep these prices high. As you can see in the chart below, they...
by Marty Kassowitz | May 25, 2021 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality
I went to the pharmacy the other day to pick up a prescription. Unfortunately, having had asthma most of my life, I need to take a daily puff of a drug that helps with it. It is made by GlaxoSmithKlein, a British Pharma outfit that also does big business in the United...
by Marty Kassowitz | Mar 11, 2021 | Fact Heroes
The Netflix documentary series The Pharmacist tells the true story of a small town pharmacist—Dan Schneider—who beats massive odds to solve the murder of his son in a drug-related shooting in New Orleans. With almost no cooperation from the New Orleans Police...