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Pfizer Earns Record-Breaking $100 Billion in Revenue

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Feb 1, 2023 Pfizer's record-Shattering $100 Billion in revenue denounced as 'sickening' by civil society groups. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Capitalists Are Afraid

Chris Hedges / Truthdig and Mr. Fish 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 )

Ralph Nader: Big Pharma Must Be Stopped

Ralph Nader / Common Dreams Aug 8, 2019 The biggest drug dealers in the U.S. operate legally. They have names like Merck and Pfizer, and their cruelty grows worse every year. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Plans for Steel Tariffs Sink U.S. Stocks

The Associated Press Mar 1, 2018 The Dow Jones industrial average falls 420 points, or 1.7 percent, to 24,608, on worries that the president's planned tariffs will lead to retaliation from other countries. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Private Groups, Not Government, Lead the Charge on Prison Issues

John Kiriakou / Truthdig May 18, 2016 As architects consider a ban on designing death chambers and a major pharmaceutical company stops selling drugs for use in executions, Washington sits on its hands when it comes to reform. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What to Do About Disloyal Corporations

Robert Reich / Truthdig Dec 7, 2015 If Pfizer or other American corporations want to leave the country to avoid U.S. taxes, that’s their business. But they should no longer get any of the benefits of American citizenship -- because they’ve stopped paying for them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pfizer Merger Illustrates Need to Outlaw Tax Havens

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 25, 2015 The American drug giant has merged with the Dublin-based Allergan not “because some wizard potion has been discovered in the hills of Connemara” but “to dodge tax.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

As Full Disclosure Nears, Doctors’ Pay for Drug Talks Plummets

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2014 As transparency increases and blockbuster drugs lose patent protection, drug companies have dramatically scaled back payments to doctors for promotional talks. This fall, all drug and medical device companies will be required to report payments to doctors. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Big Corporations Put Up Seed Funding for GOP Dark Money Group

By Justin Elliott, ProPublica Feb 17, 2013 Like the nonprofit groups that poured money into last year’s elections, the decade-old State Government Leadership Foundation has been able to keep the identities of its funders secret. Until now. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Birth Control Recall: Pfizer Warns of Unintended Pregnancies

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2012 The pharmaceutical manufacturer says the million packets of mis-packaged birth control pills it is recalling won't harm women's health, but it acknowledges that they could fail to prevent users from becoming pregnant. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )