pharmaceutical industry

Trump FDA Seeks to Abandon Expert Reviews of New Drugs

Arthur Allen / KFF Health News Sep 12, 2025 Critics say ending the decades-old practice would likely shield the agency’s decisions from public scrutiny. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Book Excerpt

Neoliberalism and the Birth of Big Pharma

Alexander Zaitchik / Counterpoint Press Mar 30, 2023 Seventy-five years ago in Chicago, a conservative project was hatched to cure classical economics of its aversion to patents and monopolies. The drug companies were its first and biggest beneficiaries. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

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 )

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

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

Bernie Sanders Heads to Canada to Highlight the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry’s Corruption

Common Dreams Jul 29, 2019 The presidential candidate travels with a caravan of type 1 diabetes patients seeking affordable insulin in America's northern neighbor. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Drug Prices

Pat Bagley / The Salt Lake Tribune, UT Jul 18, 2019 Dig deeper

Setbacks for Trump’s Drive to Lower Prescription Drug Costs

RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / The Associated Press Jul 11, 2019 The president is now focusing his drive to curb drug costs on congressional efforts. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Congress Makes Bipartisan Push to Cut Health Care Costs

RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / The Associated Press Jul 7, 2019 Lawmakers are trying to set aside their differences on Obamacare and reach agreement on a more immediate health care issue. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Americans Being Decimated by the Opioid Crisis

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Mar 28, 2019 There are two leading risk factors for becoming addicted to opioids, and potentially dying of an overdose. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Opioid Crisis, Made in the USA

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 11, 2019 "American Overdose" author Chris McGreal explains how Big Pharma and our health care industry conspired to forge a national epidemic. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )

Prominent Doctors Fail to Disclose Industry Ties in Medical Journals

Charles Ornstein and Katie Thomas / ProPublica Dec 8, 2018 The dean of Yale’s medical school is among leading medical figures who have not accurately disclosed relationships with drug companies. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Big Pharma, Bad Policy Are Keeping the World From Ending AIDS

By Vijay Prashad / Independent Media Institute Nov 28, 2018 Dec. 1 marks the 30th World AIDS Day—and despite leaps forward in medicine and awareness in affluent parts of the world, it’s still a big problem elsewhere. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )