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06/21/2018
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By Tracey Watson
Kentucky sues WALGREENS for promoting opioid epidemic
On October 26, 2017, President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency, and with good reason: Overdoses linked to opioid abuse are the leading cause of death among Americans younger than 50, killing over 64,000 people in 2016 – more than either gun or vehicle accident deaths, and taking lives at a […]
05/03/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Did the DEA really just give Insys approval to develop synthetic cannabis despite the company’s history of corruption and abuse?
Everyday Americans are still prohibited in the year 2018 from growing and using all-natural cannabis due to federal restrictions that unjustly classify the herb as a Schedule I “drug” with no acceptable or valid use by humans. But a pharmaceutical corporation with an extensive rap sheet of illegal activity has just been given the go-ahead […]
02/21/2018
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By Robert Jonathan
Economic and political forces are driving the flu vaccine hysteria – not sound medical science
The flu season has been unusually severe, prompting even more calls by Big Pharma, the conventional medical cohort, and legacy media outlets for everyone to get a flu shot. Regular Natural News readers are well aware of the questions that have been raised by founding editor Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, and others about the safety and […]
01/17/2018
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By Isabelle Z.
Cancer industry drug company ruthlessly raises cancer drug price by 1400% to price gouge patients
Dealing with cancer is devastating enough on its own, but when the drug your doctors have told you that you need costs a ridiculous amount of money, it adds even more stress to an already traumatic situation. Unfortunately, this is the sad reality for the many people who need lomustine, a drug that can be […]
01/08/2018
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By Isabelle Z.
Health care costs skyrocket 265% in Virginia this year as Big Pharma plunders America’s “sick care” economy
Virginia residents have a big motivation to make getting healthy part of their new year’s resolution as reports indicate that health insurance premiums in the state’s individual marketplace could rise by as much as 265 percent in 2017. An Affordable Care Act filing from the Virginia State Corporation Commission shows that Optima Health Plan customers […]
01/03/2018
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By Isabelle Z.
It’s like they WANT people to suffer: In another case of Big Pharma greed, “periodic paralysis” drug that used to be free now costs over $100,000 a year
In yet another story of heartless price gouging, a pharmaceutical company has raised the price of a drug that was once free to more than $100,000 a year. Businesses exist to make money, of course, but Big Pharma is no stranger to taking advantage of people’s suffering. Turning a profit is one thing, but being […]
01/02/2018
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By Robert Jonathan
Drug makeover: When a drug underperforms, Big Pharma renames it, labels it for another use and jacks up the price
A drug that treats periodic paralysis may be pricing those afflicted with the condition out of the market. Originally a medicine approved for glaucoma treatment, the U.K. National Health Service made Daranide available for the equivalent of about $500 U.S. dollars for a year’s supply. Daranide reportedly didn’t work well for the eye disease, but was […]
01/01/2018
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By JD Heyes
Big Pharma BOOM: Drug prices SOARED in 2017 and you’ll never guess who’s getting YOUR medicine rebates
President Donald J. Trump campaigned, in part, on a pledge to pursue policies that would end the nightmare trend of skyrocketing costs for medications across America, and the latest data on Big Pharma’s revenue stream proves once again that this is a promise he really needs to keep. In October, the president heavily criticized drug […]
11/29/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Big Pharma greed strikes again: “Life-changing” thyroid pill manufacturer spikes price by 5,000%
The National Health Service is eyeing the cessation of the incessant prescription of Liothyronine, a drug that is used to treat thyroid disorders, after its manufacturer, Oakville, Canada-based pharmaceutical company Concordia International, increased its retail price by 5,662 percent to 9.22 British pounds from 16 p per tablet. Liothyronine is used to treat hypothyroidism or […]
11/13/2017
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By Robert Jonathan
Amazon quietly moving to take over the pharmaceutical retail business as Jeff Bezos seeks to profit on the death, disease and suffering caused by Big Pharma
The appropriately named online retail giant Amazon is apparently expanding into the prescription drug business in continuance of its plan for world economic domination. In recent months, it has quietly obtained approval from 12 states, and possibly more, for wholesale pharmacy licenses, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. This has created a lot of buzz (no pun […]
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