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OxyContin maker settles with Oklahoma for $270M over role in opioid crisis

03.26.19

By Emma Ockerman
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Elizabeth Warren is trying to break up Big Pharma “cartels” by letting the government make generic drugs

12.18.18

By Rex Santus
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Martin Shkreli’s bail might be revoked over his obsession with Hillary Clinton’s hair

09.08.17

By Alexa Liautaud
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Doctors prescribe cheaper drugs when hospitals limit pharma-rep visits

05.04.17

By Chelsey B. Coombs
Tech

Congress Used Dying Kids and Slick PR to Sell America a Handout to Big Pharma

12.07.16

By Jason Koebler
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Why Bernie Sanders is taking on Big Pharma in California

11.07.16

By Alex Thompson
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Big pharma is spending millions to fight limits on opioids like OxyContin, Vicodin and fentanyl

09.18.16

By Tess Owen
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Colombia’s Battle With a Cancer Drug Company Could Set a Global Precedent for Generic Meds

05.19.16

By Alan Hernandez
Pulse

Obama Wants to Spend More Than $1 Billion to Fight Opioid Addiction in the US

03.29.16

By Tess Owen
Drugs

We Asked an Expert How the Price of a Pill Could Go from $13.50 to $750 Overnight

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By Mike Pearl
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By H. Alan Scott
Tech

In This Big Pharma Simulator, Profits Matter More Than Patients

07.13.15

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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