I’ve lately found myself saying “what difference does it make” regarding the outrages being inflicted upon myself and my fellow citizens on a daily basis…
Gilead Will Charge More Than $3,000 for a Course of COVID-19 Drug Remdesivir…
All those stories about patients being billed for tens of thousands of dollars for coronavirus-related care elicited promises from the White House that “everything will be covered”. Still, as thousands of Americans complain about charges related to COVID-19 testing and care being passed on by their insurance companies, Gilead, the pharmaceutical company that has pushed […]
Trump Slashes Cost of Insulin for Medicare Enrollees to $35 a Month…
President Trump on Tuesday will announce a prescription plan drastically reducing the cost of insulin for American seniors who rely on Medicare. The deal struck with the nation’s insulin manufacturers and health care providers will limit the co-pay for a month’s supply of insulin to $35 — a 66 percent reduction to current costs, White […]
YouTube Censors Video in Which Medical Doctors Said Hydroxychloroquine Might Help Treat Wuhan Virus…
YouTube on Wednesday reinstated a video it has previously censored in which several medical doctors suggested that the drug hydroxychloroquine might be useful in treating coronavirus, with the company reportedly claiming at the time of censorship that the presentation was “dangerous.” The video report, presented by Sharyl Attkisson at Full Measure News, examined the possible […]
The Insulin Racket in the U.S….
On June 22, 2017, Alec Raeshawn Smith, a recently promoted restaurant manager with Type 1 diabetes, left his local pharmacy empty-handed. He’d gone in to pick up a month’s worth of insulin supplies, which he assumed would set him back around $1000—the amount he and his mother Nicole Smith-Holt had budgeted the month before when […]
Drug Distributor CEO Charged in Opioid Crisis Conspiracy…
The Rochester Drug Co-operative and its former CEO Laurence Doud III were charged on Tuesday with conspiring to defraud the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) — and the rest of the country. The company was charged with narcotics conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the United States, while Doud has been further charged with narcotics conspiracy and […]
Drugmakers Jazz, Alexion, Lundbeck to Pay $123M to Resolve U.S. Charity Kickback Probe…
Three drugmakers will pay $122.6 million to resolve claims they used charities that help cover Medicare patients’ out-of-pocket drug costs as a way to pay kickbacks aimed at encouraging use of their medications, including some expensive ones. The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc, Lundbeck and Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc were the latest […]
Pharma Exec Convicted of $100M Fraud Scheme…
A pharmaceutical executive was found guilty of fraud Monday when Miami federal jurors found that he used $100 million worth of phony receivables as collateral to obtain loans that his company failed to repay, leading to the collapse of one of Puerto Rico’s biggest banks. Jack Kachkar, the former chairman and CEO of Inyx Inc., […]
23andMe’s Pharma Deals Have Been the Plan All Along…
Since the launch of its DNA testing service in 2007, genomics giant 23andMe has convinced more than 5 million people to fill a plastic tube with half a teaspoon of saliva. In return for all that spit (and some cash too), customers get insights into their biological inheritance, from the superficial—do you have dry earwax […]
Justice Department to Target Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors in New Push to Curb Deadly Epidemic…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that a new task force would target drug manufacturers and distributors for their roles in the opioid epidemic, raising the possibility of filing criminal charges against them. The Justice Department also said it would file a statement of interest in hundreds of lawsuits against drug companies brought by cities, […]
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