HEALTH

World Health Organization Finally Cracks Down on Big Pharma

May 13, 2015 1

By TLB Contributor: Paul Fassa After considerable pressure from independent health journalists, researchers, statisticians, and some MDs, finally the World Health Organization (WHO) responded positively. Now the WHO is proposing public access to all drug trial […]

HEALTH

Drug Giants Fined $11bn for Criminal Wrongdoing

January 6, 2013 1

The global pharmaceutical industry has racked up fines of more than $11bn in the past three years for criminal wrongdoing, including withholding safety data and promoting drugs for use beyond their licensed conditions. In all, […]

HEALTH

Big Pharma Criminality No Longer a Conspiracy Theory

January 5, 2013 1

Those of us who have long been describing the pharmaceutical industry as a “criminal racket” over the last few years have been wholly vindicated by recent news. Drug and vaccine manufacturer Merck was caught red-handed […]

GOVERNMENT

Pentagon Spending on Drugs Soars

December 31, 2012 0

(AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN) Last year, the Pentagon spent more on pills, injections and vaccines than it did on Black Hawk helicopters, Abrams tanks, Hercules C-130 cargo planes and Patriot missiles — combined. Some of the prescription […]

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