A Senate committee hearing on the price of prescription drugs turned into a disagreement on the value of capitalism in the field of medicine and drug development. Drug company CEOs were in the hot seat during the Feb. 8 hearing, as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) attempted to pin down the reason for high drug costs […]
A major pharmaceutical company this week fired many employees who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Syneos Health is a global pharmaceutical outsourcing company with some 28,000 employees in more than 110 countries. It contracts with bigger pharmaceutical companies including COVID-19 vaccine maker Johnson & Johnson/Janssen. While J & J employs pharmaceutical representatives, it also […]
The New Jersey pharmaceutical company supplying ivermectin to a UK trial that was paused for a short period of time, says there are no supply issues with its pills. Ivermectin is being investigated as part of the government-backed Platform Randomised Trial of Treatments in the Community for Epidemic and Pandemic Illnesses (PRINCIPLE) in the United […]
Andy Wakefield is a physician, filmmaker, academic, and founder of 7th Chakra Films. His 2016 documentary, “Vaxxed,” was accepted into the Tribeca Film Festival, but was pulled two days later. He believes pharmaceutical companies wanted the film pulled. After “Vaxxed” exploded in popularity, Wakefield found himself in the crosshairs of pharmaceutical companies, the British government, […]
President Donald Trump on Sept. 13 announced his signing of an executive order on drug pricing. “Just signed a new Executive Order to LOWER DRUG PRICES! My Most Favored Nation order will ensure that our Country gets the same low price Big Pharma gives to other countries,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “The days of global […]
Drugmakers including Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, and Biogen have increased their drug prices this month for the New Year on more than a thousand medications. So far in 2020, prices on 619 drugs have increased by an average of 5.9 percent, 604 brand drugs have increased by an average of 5.2 percent and 15 generic […]
