It’s easier to blame individuals for the opioid crisis than to attempt to diagnose and cure the ills of a society.
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Democracy Now speaks with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, whose latest documentary, “The Crime of the Century,” looks at the pharmaceutical industry’s methods in promoting and selling the powerful drugs.
How the Food and Drug Administration messes up approval of new drugs including the new one, aducanumab, that supposedly helps Alzheimer’s disease patients.
Public Citizen, which called for the FDA acting commissioner "to immediately resign or be removed" over the "reckless and inexcusable" drug approval, welcomed her "belated" request.
We don’t need patent monopolies to finance the development of drugs or vaccines.
Two articles: Pharma Loses Vaccine IP Battle Despite Record Q1 Lobbying (Open Secrets) -- Vaccine Patent Waivers Face More Hurdles Despite Biden Support (The Hill)
At present, the U.S.—along with other wealthy nations where major pharmaceutical companies are based—is blocking India and South Africa's push for a patent waiver, which industry lobbying groups are mobilizing to crush.
Pharmaceutical companies whose vaccines were funded by massive public investments, including Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and Merck, still refuse to share their intellectual property with the world.
The tragedy of American science lies in its drive for private profit over improving the human condition, resulting in Big Science being irredeemably corrupted by Big Money, poisoning the air, the water, the food we eat, and the medicines we take.
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