Tagged as: profits over people
Specialty Manufacturer Offers $1 Alternative To Turing’s High-Priced Antiparasitic
Turing Pharmaceuticals purchased the rights to the parasite-fighting drug Daraprim in August and raised the price to $750 per pill. Both media and medicine were outraged, sparking a full-on protest that condemned the company's CEO Martin Shkreli.Shkrel...
Big Pharma Angered Over The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, which deals with intellectual protection for certain drugs, is extremely controversial.
The agreement between the U.S. and 11 other countries will soon be up for debate in Congress. However, the current plan doesn't ...
Cancer Medication Is Grossly Overpriced In The U.S.
Consumer surveys illustrate a serious and widespread concern, presidential candidates push health care reform in their political platforms and the media continues to publicize drug makers putting profits over people.The unreasonably high cost of pharma...
Why Are U.S. Patients Paying More For Pharmaceuticals?
The unreasonably high price of pharmaceuticals in the United States has shined a bright light on the drug industry, exemplifying the fact that Americans are paying much more for medication than patients in other countries.The government healthcare budg...