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September 16, 2019
Dana Brown
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Isaiah J. Poole
The Case for a Public Option for the Drug Industry
The controversial proposed deal with Purdue Pharma hints at better alternatives to for-profit pharmaceutical companies.
July 30, 2019
Zachary Siegel
The Opioid Crisis Is About More Than Corporate Greed
New documents show that Big Pharma isn’t the only culprit when it comes to getting people hooked on addictive drugs.
June 27, 2019
Walter Shapiro
Miami Moonglow for Booker and Klobuchar
With a few breakout moments and a deft soundbite or two, the two senators stepped out of Elizabeth Warren's shadow.
June 3, 2019
Alex Pareene
Do Democrats Actually Want to Make Drugs Cheaper?
Or are they just looking to cut a deal for the sake of cutting a deal?
May 14, 2019
Alex Shephard
Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Fight the Opioid Crisis. Why Don’t Other Democrats?
The 2020 hopeful connected the dots between drug addiction and corporate greed, and "Trump country" took notice.
May 10, 2019
Audrey Clare Farley
Big Pharma Is Pushing a Big Lie
People are dying because they can't afford necessary medications, but drug manufacturers say they need high prices to fund future breakthroughs.
January 30, 2019
David Dayen
Democrats Are About to Give Big Pharma the Big Tobacco Treatment
The House of Representatives' first oversight hearing of 2019 wasn't about Trump. It was about skyrocketing drug prices.
September 13, 2018
Emily Atkin
Hurricane Florence could cause prescription drug shortages. But which drugs?
June 28, 2018
Alexander Zaitchik
How Big Pharma Was Captured by the One Percent
The industry's price-gouging economic model was engineered by Wall Street and its political enablers—and only Washington can fix it.
June 21, 2017
Emily Atkin
A major asthma drugmaker has been quietly investing in coal on the side.
May 22, 2017
Graham Vyse
Can Cory Booker Win Over Progressives?
The rising star seemed destined to be a 2020 contender. But the populist wave and Trump resistance threaten to stall his ascent.
January 16, 2017
Alex Shephard
Is Trump’s “insurance for everybody” vow really a contradiction of Republican plans?
January 12, 2017
Alex Shephard
Cory Booker’s explanation for voting against cheap prescription drugs doesn’t track.
October 19, 2016
David Dayen
The Next Phase in Bernie’s Revolution Has Already Begun
The fight for Prop 61 in California could be a watershed moment in American health care.
February 4, 2016
Adam Peck
Watch pharma bro Martin Shkreli smirk and squirm his way through a dressing-down from Elijah Cummings.
December 30, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
KaloBios, the pharmaceutical company that fired Martin Shkreli, is bankrupt.
October 12, 2011
Evgeny Morozov
The Internet Intellectual
January 16, 2010
Suzy Khimm
Will it Matter if Pharma Turns Against the Bill?
December 17, 2009
Jonathan Cohn
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