Pharma

FDA: Drug Companies Pressure Agency For More Online Ads

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 11.11.2009 | Technology


WASHINGTON — As federal regulators take their first tentative steps toward policing the wild west of medical information online, pharmaceutical ...

Big Pharma's Crime Spree: Drug Makers Pushing Products For Unapproved Uses

Bloomberg | David Evans | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


Pfizer and Lilly lead a parade of U.S. companies that have paid $7 billion in penalties after promoting drugs for uses not approved by the FDA. This u...

GOP Health Bill In The Works; Boehner Says Republican Bill Would Extend Insurance Coverage To "Millions"

Wall Street Journal | GREG HITT | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


Republicans are preparing an alternative health-care bill to Democratic legislation, House Republican Leader John Boehner said, marking a shift in str...

Arianna Weighs In On The Senate Health Care Bill And The Challenges Ahead

Huff TV | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media


Huff TV

Arianna appeared on MSNBC's Countdown With Keith Olbermann on Monday to discuss news that the Senate's health care bill would include an opt-out publi...

Health Care Bill's Winners And Losers: Drug Makers To Benefit, Insurers Brace For Hit

Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY and GREG HITT | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


The drug industry stands to gain in a health-care overhaul by getting tens of millions of newly insured customers, while insurance companies -- especi...

Big Pharma Getting Billions More Than Reported Out Of Senate Finance Bill

The RPM Report | Lauren Smith | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics


The introduction of the Senate Finance Committee's health care proposal turns the focus from what the pharmaceutical industry will contribute to refor...

Ryan Grim

Boehner To Drug Makers: Stop Appeasing Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


House Republican Leader John Boehner launched an unusually harsh broadside at an estranged GOP ally Monday, ripping the drug industry for siding with ...

I Am a Business Owner, and I Fully Support a Public Health Option

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau

I am not an expert on health care reform. But I am an individual who is sick and tired of having one industry have so much control over my personal and business life.

Ryan Grim

Internal Memo Confirms Big Giveaways In White House Deal With Big Pharma

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics


A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-rangin...

Health Care Debate Sizzles in Summer Recess

Mike Smith | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


Mike Smith

Now Americans can leverage the Internet, electronic medical records and telemedicine to support patient care. Now is the time to use technology!

No, Rahm ; Your Compromise on Health Reform Is F**cking Stupid

Lee Stranahan | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics


Lee Stranahan

I had been thinking the biggest enemy to real health insurance reform was Montana Senator Max Baucus but I'll be damned if now I don't think it's you, Rahm.

Sam Stein

Obama Deal With Drugmakers Sparks Debate Over Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


The White House backtracked slightly on Thursday from reports that it had made a hugely significant and binding backroom deal with the pharmaceutical ...

Dems & Repubs on Health Care: 'Love a Lobbyist'

Michele Swenson | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics


Michele Swenson

The same insurance and pharmaceutical lobbies have granted themselves billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies and inflated profits continue to shape the healthcare reform debate today.

Sam Stein

PhRMA CEO Urges GOP To Work With Obama On Health Care, But Won't Compromise Himself

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


A key industry official in the health care debate praised the Obama administration on Tuesday for taking an "us"-oriented approach when it came to rev...

Pharma: Still Chasing Skirts

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | Posted 04.13.2009 | Business


Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau

As someone who spent ten years inside the pharmaceutical industry, I can tell you one thing for sure: Big Pharma goes where the money is. And the money is with the ladies.

Bush Administration Made Complete Immunity for Negligent Corporations a Top Priority

Les Weisbrod | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


Les Weisbrod

In the past three years federal agencies, have engaged in a campaign to hand corporations a 'get-out-of jail-free' pass when their products have harmed consumers.