The Capitalists Are Afraid

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Sep 9, 2019 A Business Roundtable statement about the purpose of corporations shows that ruling elites fear their crimes are coming back to haunt them. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

PharmaGon: Your Antidote to Profit-Based Killing (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Aug 29, 2019 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oklahoma Judge Finds Johnson & Johnson Fueled Opioid Crisis

SEAN MURPHY / The Associated Press Aug 26, 2019 In a case likely to affect others, the corporate giant is told to pay $572 million after state says it misstated drug's effects out of greed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

TV Pitches for Prescription Drugs Will Have to Include Price

RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / The Associated Press May 8, 2019 Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar contends that new regulations will provide "greater transparency" for American patients. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Black Patients Miss Out on Promising Cancer Drugs

Caroline Chen and Riley Wong / ProPublica Sep 19, 2018 A survey finds African Americans are underrepresented in clinical trials, even for medicines that might disproportionately benefit them. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Drug Makers Funded Opioid Advocacy Groups, Senator Finds

MATTHEW PERRONE and GEOFF MULVIHILL / The Associated Press Feb 12, 2018 A report by Claire McCaskill sheds light on the opioid industry’s ability to shape public opinion and raises questions about drug companies' roles in the overdose epidemic. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trouble for Johnson & Johnson After Another Big Loss in a Talcum Powder-Ovarian Cancer Case

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2016 In two court decisions in less than three months, Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay out $127 million. And it faces 1,200 similar lawsuits. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Exec for Maker of $150,000 Cancer Drug Tells Investors Its Pricing Is ‘Very Responsible’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 31, 2015 In a recent earnings call, a top official at pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson dismissed questions about drug price reform and described the company as “responsible” in its pricing. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Maker of Tylenol Had a Plan to Block Tougher Regulation

Staff / Truthdig Sep 22, 2015 Filings from a lawsuit, scheduled to go to trial Monday in Atlantic City, N.J., describe a previously unreported lobbying campaign by McNeil Consumer Healthcare to protect its iconic painkiller. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Tylenol Maker to Pay $25 Million After Pleading Guilty in Contamination Case

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Mar 12, 2015 Tylenol maker Johnson & Johnson agreed Tuesday to pay a $25 million settlement after pleading guilty to selling medicine contaminated with metal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

If Corporations Don’t Pay Taxes, Why Should You?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 12, 2013 The U.S. government exists primarily to make the world safe for multinational corporations, but those firms feel no obligation to pay for that protection in return. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Questionable Drugs Net Billions for Health Care Industry

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 20, 2012 Doctors, drugmakers, regulators and lobbyists pushed high doses of medications that may have been ineffective or at times even lethal on millions of anemic patients over two decades, making upward of $8 billion a year for two companies. “How did this happen?” asks Peter Whoriskey of The Washington Post. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )