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Baltimore settles opioid lawsuit with Johnson & Johnson

BALTIMORE — Baltimore City has settled another opioid lawsuit and this time it's with Johnson & Johnson. The details of the settlement weren't disclosed. This news...

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Big Pharma, Not Tobacco Companies, Wages War on Electronic Cigarettes

Electronic cigarettes give smokers a nicotine fix without the stink, tar, fire or carbon monoxide of real cigarettes. They may be a cheap, healthy...

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American Pharmaceutical Companies Aren’t Paying Any Tax in the United States

It is an undisputed fact that American pharmaceutical prices are the highest in the world.Big pharmaceutical companies argue that this is essential to sustaining pharmaceutical innovation...

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Pharma funded more than 2,400 state lawmaker campaigns in 2020, new STAT analysis finds

State lawmakers in Oregon have tried to lower high drug prices from nearly every angle: They’ve sought to cap how much people can pay...

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Pills, bills and heartache: how Big Pharma helped create our mental health crisis

A polemic on the evils of the pharmaceutical industry needs to apply more rigour to its own argument By Will Self t’s been a great year for...

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Medicated Minds: How Big Pharma Turned Mental Health into a Prescription Business

The Mental Health Medication Boom Mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder have long affected people worldwide. However, the last few decades...

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More than 2/3rds of Congress cashed a pharma campaign check in 2020

Seventy-two senators and 302 members of the House of Representatives cashed a check from the pharmaceutical industry ahead of the 2020 election — representing...

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New EU leaders dogged by corruption allegations

The newly chosen heads of the European Union’s top three institutions have come under public scrutiny due to corruption allegations. EU leaders recently agreed on...

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European prosecutors take over Belgian probe into Pfizergate

Top European prosecutors are investigating allegations of criminal wrongdoing in connection with vaccine negotiations between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the...

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