Pharma Hiding Antibiotic Disaster

Pharma Hiding Antibiotic Disaster

Antibiotic-resistant disease is a major health threat around the globe, such that illnesses once easily treatable with the drugs are now becoming deadly. The cause of the antibiotic-resistance epidemic is quite straightforward: overuse of antibiotics. “Resistant bacteria are more common in settings where antibiotics are frequently used: health care settings, the community and food animal…

Big Pharma and the Rise of Gangster Capitalism

Big Pharma and the Rise of Gangster Capitalism

Thanks to decades of gangster films, we all know how gangster capitalism works: the cost of “protection” goes up whenever the gangster wants to increase revenues, any competition is snuffed out, and “customer demand” is jacked up by any means available– addiction, for example. This perfectly describes the pharmaceutical industry and every other cartel in America. You might have…

Price Gouging? Cancer Drug Price Spikes From $50 to $768 Per Pill After Change of Owner

Price Gouging? Cancer Drug Price Spikes From $50 to $768 Per Pill After Change of Owner

A long-standing medication for cancer has become almost unaffordable for most of patients, as its price has skyrocketed 1,500 percent over four years. The company behind the drug is under fire. The remedy for brain tumors and Hodgkin lymphoma was introduced 42 years ago, and the highest dose was sold for $50 per capsule. The…

How the Opioid and Heroin Epidemic was Created by Big Pharma

How the Opioid and Heroin Epidemic was Created by Big Pharma

The growing heroin addiction in America is at epidemic levels. Is there a connection between prescribed opioid abuse and the heroin use being on the rise? Some people have connected the dots between the over-prescribed pain-killer and the addiction that ensued and those addicts turned to heroin. OxyContin Rise as Number One Painkiller Prescribed According…