Evidence is mounting that the US and other advanced economies are failing to provide adequate levels of what have come to be considered essential services, like reliable power, clean water, and now, adequate medical care. Rural hospitals are closing. Diabetes drugs are so wildly overpriced that many Americans try to get by on low or intermittent doses. Primary care doctors are too few…
Little-Known Makers of Generic Drugs Played Central Role in Opioid Crisis…
Douglas S. Boothe was the leader of a little-known generic-drug maker seven years ago when federal agents approached his company with an urgent plea: Slash production of an addictive pain medication that was fueling a national crisis. Boothe “wasn’t interested” and rejected the Drug Enforcement Administration’s request that Actavis voluntarily cut its supply of oxycodone […]