1/ BIG PHARMA PREPARES TO PROFIT FROM THE CORONAVIRUS Per bit.ly/2ABTH1z by Sharon Lerner @fastlerner via @theintercept ,“But many Republicans opposed adding language to the bill that would restrict the industry’s ability to profit,...
@fastlerner @theintercept 2/ ... [Republicans] arguing that it would stifle research and innovation. And although Azar, --Per bit.ly/2ABTH1z by @fastlerner -- who served as the top lobbyist and head of U.S. operations for the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly before joining the Trump...
@fastlerner @theintercept 3/ ... [The Trump]administration,--Per bit.ly/2ABTH1z by @fastlerner -- assured Schakowsky that he[Azar] shared herConcerns,TheBill went on to enshrine drug companies’ ability2set potentially exorbitant prices for vaccines and drugs they develop with taxpayer dollars...
@fastlerner @theintercept 4/ ...The final aid package not only omitted language that would have limited drug makers’ intellectual property rights,--Per bit.ly/2ABTH1z by @fastlerner -- it also left out language that had been in an earlier draft that would have ...
@fastlerner @theintercept 5/ ... allowed the federal government to take any action if it has concerns that the treatments or vaccines developed with public funds are priced too high--Per bit.ly/2ABTH1z by @fastlerner --.
@fastlerner @theintercept 6/ “Those lobbyists deserve a medal from their pharma clients because they killed that intellectual property provision,”saidPosner]Gerald Posner @geraldposner , author of “Pharma:Greed,Lies,&thePoisoning ofAmerica.”]--Per bit.ly/2ABTH1z by @fastlerner -- ...
@fastlerner @theintercept @geraldposner 7/ ... [Gerald Posner @geraldposner] who added that the omission of language allowing the government to respond to price gouging was even worse. --Per bit.ly/2ABTH1z by @fastlerner -- “To allow them to have this power during a pandemic is outrageous.”
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