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'Nothing Alarming' - At Least 13 Dead after Pfizer Vaccine Jabs in Norway
At least 13 people have died in Norway due to side effects of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, the national medicines regulator has revealed. -
New Year, New Prescription Drug Price Hikes
Prices for over 300 prescription drugs are set to increase in 2021 as the pandemic rages on.Comments
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‘Lockdown on Drugs’. Demand for Anti-Depression Meds Spike in US
No surprise, US sees a high demand for anti-anxiety and anti-depression medications in latest months.Comments
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Opioid Drug-maker Purdue Pharma Suppresses Negative Stories About its Painkiller
Documents have revealed that US drug-maker Purdue Pharma ran a campaign to suppress negative stories about its widely-prescribed opioid painkiller.Comments
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Pulled From Shelves: Zantac Causing Cancer?
CVS has suspended sales of products containing ranitidine, a popular heartburn medication marketed as Zantac, after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that an impurity present in low levels in ranitidine may cause cancer.Comments
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PURDUE PHARMA COUGHS UP: Beginning of the End for U.S. Opioid Epidemic?
Mike Papantonio and Trial Lawyer Magazine editor Farron Cousins break down Oxycontin manufacturer Purdue pharma’s recent bankruptcy filing.Comments
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Pharma Company Blamed for Opioid Epidemic Merely Slapped With Fine, Faces no Criminal Case
A major American Pharmaceutical company has has started bankrupcy proceedings after being accused of creating an opioid epidemic.Comments
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Can Sackler Family Hide Opioid Billions?
Purdue Pharma, the drug manufacturer behind OxyContin and much of the US opioid crisis, is declaring corporate bankruptcy.Comments
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Trump’s Plan to Lower Medicine Prices Hits Another Setback
A few weeks ago, a scheme was presented by Trump administration that would have reduced the ability of pharmaceutical companies to control prices. But on Thursday, those plans were withdrawn.Comments
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‘Astronomical’ US Drug Prices Force People Drive to Canada For Life-Saving Insulin
Big Pharma’s price-gouging has forced a group of Americans to take a 15-hour drive across the border to Canada just to buy life-saving drugs and avoid the 'astronomical cost' at home.Comments
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Pfizer Chose to ‘Hide’ Cure for Alzheimer
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is under fire for deciding not to act on data suggesting that the rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel may be useful for preventing or treating Alzheimer’s.Comments
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States Bring New Price-Fixing Suit Against Generic Drug Makers
A new suit filed by 44 states alleging that 20 major drug manufacturers conspired to artificially inflate and manipulate the prices of more than 100 generic drugs well over 1,000%.Comments
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Whistleblowers: QuestCor Linked to 97,000% Price Hike ‘Bribed Docs to Boost Sales’
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‘Pharma bro’ Allegedly Ran a Business From Jail
Notorious “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli is in solitary confinement after he was discovered communicating on a contraband cellphone.Comments
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‘$1,600 for $6 meds’
HIV drug prices ‘inflated,’ even though it was developed with taxpayers’ money.Comments
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