Tag: Pharmaceutical Industry

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. reads from a paper titled "Know Your Rights" regarding ICE agents attempting to perform raids as she meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019.

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Nancy Pelosi unveils 95% tax proposal on prescription medicines

Ryan Ellis · September 19, 2019 5:54 pm

Pelosi releases long-awaited plan to have government negotiate drug prices

Kimberly Leonard · September 19, 2019 9:27 am

OxyContin is Purdue's No.1 drug, although sales have decreased recently due to generics. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey).

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy

Cassidy Morrison · September 16, 2019 12:36 pm

In this Friday, July 8, 2016, photo, pharmacist technician Irene Arrenquin fills a prescription for the anti-diarrhea drug diphenoxylate hydrochloride and atropine sulfate at Pucci's Pharmacy, in Sacramento, Calif. The drug is one of several that has seen a significant cost increase in recent months. In an effort to discourage drugmakers from raising their prices too quickly or introducing new medications that are unaffordable to the average person, state Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-Azusa, has introduced legislation that would require drug makers to provide advance notice before making big price increases.

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STRONGER Patents Act ignores real problems with patent mistakes

Charles Duan · September 13, 2019 3:54 pm

In this Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, Schedule 2 narcotics: Morphine Sulfate, OxyContin and Opana are displayed for a photograph in Carmichael, Calif. A Nevada legislator asked the drug company that makes OxyContin to turn over information about Nevada doctors suspected of overprescribing the powerful pain medication. Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, wrote a letter to the president of the drug-maker Purdue Pharam on Friday saying the company has an ethical duty to provide the information to the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners.

Opioid cases aren’t just about ‘pills per person’

Gabe Weissman · September 12, 2019 2:29 pm

Purdue Pharmaceuticals in Stamford, Conn. is shown Tuesday, May 8, 2007. The drug maker has agreed to pay 19.5 million in a settlement with 26 states and the District of Columbia to settle complaints about the promotion of the drug OxyContin.

Purdue Pharma and state attorneys inch closer to final settlement over opioid crisis involvement

Cassidy Morrison · September 11, 2019 7:16 pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019.

Pelosi drug pricing plan would let government negotiate most costly medicines

Kimberly Leonard · September 9, 2019 11:58 pm

Purdue argues that any statements that the painkillers shouldn't be used for noncancer pain would go against FDA labeling and conflict with its obligations under federal law. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey, File)

Purdue could become a trust funded by sales of the same drug blamed for the opioid crisis

Cassidy Morrison · September 4, 2019 4:00 am

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In opioid suits, the lawyers are the real public nuisance

Quin Hillyer · August 28, 2019 9:03 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to media as he arrives at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, as the returns from Virginia.

Trump administration battles to force drugmakers to post prices in TV spots

Cassidy Morrison · August 21, 2019 8:11 pm

Prescription bottles with pills are seen on a table.

Pharma: A broken market begging for repairs

David Mitchell · August 20, 2019 11:03 pm

A pedestrian passes a a CVS store in Philadelphia.

#CVSDeniesCare: Controversy over birth control delivery service goes viral

Ellie Bufkin · August 15, 2019 8:58 pm