Is the #pharmaceutical industry behind a disinformation and #media campaign relating to national #pharmacare? This report, announced by The Council of Canadians, says yes.
A third world country where supply chains are so broken and chaotic that a patient in pain from major surgery can't even rely on on of the largest #pharmaceutical retailers to stock PARACETAMOL
I can take hits of morphine, but the more I keep falling back on it, the higher the risk of a physical addiction. Crazy. :yikes:
#SupremeCourt#AbortionPill case
Tue’s oral argument is focused on whether to overrule the #FDA & reimpose restrictions on getting #abortion medication. <2 yrs after #SCOTUS overturned #RoeVWade, the issue of #ReproductiveRights is returning to the high court on Tues as the justices consider whether to limit access to a med used in >60% of US abortions.
The #Biden admin & the manufacturer of #mifepristone are seeking to reverse a lower-court ruling.
The #pharmaceutical industry warned that 2nd-guessing the #FDA will broadly disrupt the nation’s #drug-approval process & stymie private investment in #research.
The case could make it harder to get #MedicationAbortions even in states where #abortion is legal. Allowing #medication abortions to proceed w/o an in-person medical visit has increased #access, particularly for women in #rural areas & others who struggle to go to a clinic in person, allowing them to complete the process from home. #law
US sets policy to seize government-funded drug patents if price deemed too high
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The policy creates a roadmap for the government's so-called march-in rights, which have never been used before. They would allow the government to grant additional licenses to third parties for products developed using federal funds if the original patent holder does not make them available to the public on reasonable terms
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@kevinrns it's good to point this out because more people should be aware of those facts. Thanks for the interesting exchange of ideas!
Unfortunately antisocial behavior is often a byproduct of the #corporatocracy. It's rampant in every industry. That's why people often rail against the #meat and #dairy industries, or the #mining industry, or the #pharmaceutical industry, to name a few.
Corporations used to be held accountable for their behavior. Their charters were revoked if they failed to benefit society. That kept corporations in check.
Now through relentless lobbying and legal maneuvers, corporations now have more rights than actual human persons, compounded by the fact that they never die. It's hardly fair and easy to see why we are in this #conundrum.
They are humanity's Frankenstein - out of control, with no allegiance to real people or life in general.
Hello #Mastodon! I am making the jump from X to here. Too many of my #science and #medicine buddies left X. If you switched from X, how do you like it here? #introductions
A cheap and widely available prescription drug can improve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in patients seen in GP surgeries #Amitriptyline, which is commonly used at low doses for a range of health concerns, has been found to improve irritable bowel syndrome #IBS symptoms too, according to the results of the ATLANTIS trial. #Medical#Pharmaceutical#sflorg https://www.sflorg.com/2023/10/med10172302.html
We human beings sometimes do some terrible things in pursuit of the almighty dollar. But to our credit, one moral line most humans don’t cross is to gouge sick people on the price of medicines their lives depend on
Unless, of course, you count executives of giant #pharmaceutical corporations as human beings. Gouging patients is their preferred business model
our #Medicare program can now negotiate drug prices on our behalf.
#BigPharma Raked in $82B Last Year While Lobbying Against Drug Price Proposals
The companies also upped their stock buyback and dividend payouts by nearly $7 billion last year.
As the #pharmaceutical industry is toiling around the clock to destroy Democrats’ plan to allow #Medicare to negotiate drug prices, a new report reveals that top industry players are raking in billions, padding their own pockets as they work to revoke benefits from millions of people.