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06/17/2018 / By Jayson Veley

Trump officials sit down with Big Pharma to negotiate “voluntary” drug price reductions … Drug giants laugh it off

According to unnamed sources and as reported by The Hill, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have been meeting with pharmaceutical companies as of late to ask them to voluntarily cut drug prices. If the negotiations are successful and these companies do decide to cut prices (which is extremely unlikely), then […]

02/28/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Flu season is like Black Friday for Big Pharma: From vaccines to medication, the outbreak has business booming

Pharmaceutical companies exist for one reason, and one reason only: to separate as many people as possible from as much of their hard-earned money as possible. And the yearly ritual known as “flu season” seems to be the formidable “Black Friday” event that generates the highest windfall profits for the legally-sanctioned drug cartel known as […]

01/17/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Cancer industry drug company ruthlessly raises cancer drug price by 1400% to price gouge patients

Dealing with cancer is devastating enough on its own, but when the drug your doctors have told you that you need costs a ridiculous amount of money, it adds even more stress to an already traumatic situation. Unfortunately, this is the sad reality for the many people who need lomustine, a drug that can be […]

01/08/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Health care costs skyrocket 265% in Virginia this year as Big Pharma plunders America’s “sick care” economy

Virginia residents have a big motivation to make getting healthy part of their new year’s resolution as reports indicate that health insurance premiums in the state’s individual marketplace could rise by as much as 265 percent in 2017. An Affordable Care Act filing from the Virginia State Corporation Commission shows that Optima Health Plan customers […]

01/03/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

It’s like they WANT people to suffer: In another case of Big Pharma greed, “periodic paralysis” drug that used to be free now costs over $100,000 a year

In yet another story of heartless price gouging, a pharmaceutical company has raised the price of a drug that was once free to more than $100,000 a year. Businesses exist to make money, of course, but Big Pharma is no stranger to taking advantage of people’s suffering. Turning a profit is one thing, but being […]

01/01/2018 / By David Williams

Rare paralysis treatment drug that used to be free now costs over $100,000 a year, thanks to Big Pharma price gouging

A lot of drugs have been on the market for quite a long time. Created decades back, some of these have fluctuated over the course of their existence with patients not having any trouble adjusting to the changes, except in certain cases. One such case is a drug now called Keveyis. The drug was first called Daranide […]

10/14/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Anti-establishment genius inventing DIY homemade pharmaceutical desktop factory so citizens can bypass Big Pharma price gouging

Would you be willing to take some risks to save yourself thousands of dollars a year on pricey medications? Michael Laufer, a genius who studied particle physics as an undergrad and who speaks 18 or 19 languages, believes that there are thousands of people out there whose financial situation makes them desperate enough to do […]

09/14/2017 / By Russel Davis

CVS sued for conspiring to overcharge insured patients for prescription drugs

Pharmacy chain giant CVS Health Corporation recently came under fire for allegedly overcharging insured customers for certain generic prescriptions. A lawsuit was filed against CVS claiming that the company participated in a fraudulent scheme. The lawsuit has also alleged that the plaintiff, Megan Schultz, paid $165.68 for a prescription in July which, if bought without using insurance, […]

09/03/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

How Big Pharma rips off everybody by selling low-cost pills at over 1000% mark-ups

There are lots of reasons that people despise Big Pharma, but a recent investigation has revealed yet another way that drug companies are ripping people off: by selling the exact same medications for very different prices using different packaging. According to U.K. consumer watchdog group Which?, some branded medications are being sold for up to […]

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