1. @PhRMA files lawsuit against Minnesota’s Alec Smith Insulin Affordability Act that provides emergency insulin access. Diabetics dying due to lack of affordable insulin is a uniquely American problem. Pharma greed in display
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2. Gilead prices remdesivir at >$3000 per course for a treatment that has not been proven to reduce mortality. It exposes what’s wrong with prescription drug pricing in America, and how unregulated monopolies will charge what monopolies want. @peterbachmd google.com/amp/s/www.nbcn…
3. Novartis @Novartis bribed doctors and clinics in Greece and Vietnam to buy and prescribe its products, violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Will pay $112.8 million in fines. nytimes.com/reuters/2020/0…
4. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals charged by the Justice Department in generic price fixing scandal. @politico @woodruffbets google.com/amp/s/www.poli…
5. Novartis @Novartis paid doctors >$100 million in kickbacks: lavish meals, golf outings, 6 figure honorariums. Agrees to pay $678 million settlement. This is a black eye for doctors also. @gettinviggy @nytimes @UpshotNYT
cc: @VasNarasimhan - Why? google.com/amp/s/www.nyti…
If you have time, please read my recent article on prescription drug pricing, and what we can do. #BCJ
Full text: nature.com/articles/s4140…
PDF: nature.com/articles/s4140…
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