President Trump has made much, in public, of his zeal for lowering the “out of control” drug prices in the U.S. market. Choosing former Eli Lilly top exec Alex Azar to replace the disgraced Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services will all but guarantee that doesn’t happen.
In 2014, the span of a single year, an astounding 29,467 Americans died by overdose of opioid-related drugs, including prescriptions.
(ANALYSIS) -- Safety of the people and security of the nation should be priority number one for any leader who wishes to have a successful tenure in office, perhaps even multiple terms — and the President of the United States is no exception to this model. So, why, then, has a killer of tens of thousands each year still on the
A series of studies published today documents the vast conflicts of interest in medicine. The way we think about disease “is being subtly distorted” by financial ties, the authors of an editorial write.
While at Duke, Robert M. Califf received millions in funding and salary support from Eli Lilly, Merck, Novartis, and other drug companies.
(ANTIMEDIA) President Obama’s recent nominee to chair the Food and Drug Administration has drawn harsh criticism for his ties to the pharmaceutical industry. The disapproval grew more justified this week
The health care industry was at its most generous in 2009, when there were eight lobbyists for every member of Congress.
MINNEAPOLIS --- When it comes to lobbying Washington, no single industry can match the lobbying power of the health care industry. The medical field, from pharmaceutical companies to doctors’ associations, has already spent over $120 million on lobbying this year. The influence of the health sector on the U.S. government is not
A new report says that multinational drug companies experiment with the health and even the lives of already-vulnerable South African patients.
International pharmaceutical companies experiment with the health and even the lives of South African patients, with clinical tests often conducted in a unethical manner on patients in that country. This is the conclusion of a report on clinical tests by Wemos –
Public employees in North Carolina recently — and mistakenly — denied a Puerto Rico-born child U.S. citizenship status.
A recent birth certificate case in Raleigh, N.C., where public employees were confused over the U.S. citizenship status of a Puerto Rico-born child, has re-sparked the statehood debate as Puerto Ricans continue their quest to persuade Congress to recognize their November vote in favor of the move.
Yasenia Pena-Ducos
