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Pharmaceuticals
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DEA Allows Big Pharma Giant that Helped Fuel Opioid Crisis To Continue Operating
A Big Pharma company which had their license revoked for distributing suspicious shipments of opioids has been given their license back thanks to a little help from the Drug Enforcement Administration.
February 9, 2024
Bernie Sanders Slams Big Pharma for ‘Ripping Off’ Americans with Highest Drug Prices
Bernie Sanders wants answers from Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb.
February 9, 2024
Drug Maker Unveils Experimental Drug as Opioid Alternative
Vertex Pharmaceuticals unveiled VX-548, which showed positive results in three trials as developers continue to demonstrate its efficacy.
February 5, 2024
Trump’s White House Pharmacy Had a Bit of a Pill Problem
A federal investigation released earlier this month has found sufficient evidence that White House medical services during the Trump years were extremely casual and did not operate within federal guidelines for medical care, with particular emphasis on how they distributed medications considered to be scheduled narcotics.
January 26, 2024
‘Peyote Crisis’ Threatens Sacred Native American Ceremonies
The sanctity of Native American religious rites involving peyote faces new risks from not only recreational users, but pharmaceutical companies.
January 26, 2024
Online Pharmacies Routinely Sell Dangerous Drugs Without Prescriptions
Online pharmacies and telehealth companies have skyrocketed in popularity since COVID, you may have even been advertised their services on your Instagram feed. However, a recent BBC investigation showed many of these companies appear to just be selling prescription drugs.
January 8, 2024
New 3D Printed Device May Remove Need for Animal Drug Testing
A new drug testing medical invention from a top university in Scotland may contain the ability to save many millions of animals from the gruesome fate of being used in experimentation in pharmaceutical companies, and it can be 3D printed.
December 29, 2023
Drug Makers Struggle to Replace Stimulants with Non-Addictive Alternatives
GlobalData reports that replacing addictive drugs with non-stimulant ADHD medications is an uphill battle.
December 5, 2023
Big Pharma Drug Makers Fined Over $82B in Violations Last Decade, Report Shows
Johnson & Johnson was fined the most and had the most violations, while Purdue Pharma’s opioid case took the lead in top cases.
October 20, 2023
Orbiting Space Drug Factory Denied Re-Entry to Earth
There's a drug used to treat HIV orbiting the planet and we won't let it come back to Earth.
September 20, 2023