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The hypocrisy of big pharma

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When we asked you to rapidly expand manufacturing so we can produce 3, 4 billion doses per year, you did it,” Bourla said. And Pfizer said “no” The government is the largest purchaser of prescription drugs, and they should be allowed to negotiate prices with pharma companies whose profit margins are the highest of any industry.

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Pharma is “big business” that uses excuses to keep prices high

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Seventy-nine percent of Americans think the price of prescription drugs is “unreasonable,” according to a 2019 Kaiser Family Foundation poll , and about 9 in 10 say they support the idea of the government negotiating prices. Big Pharma’s chokehold around the U.S. Via Axios “The 10 highest-selling drugs in the U.S.

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AbbVie continues to be what’s wrong with big pharma

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I continue to believe that there are very good people who care about patients working within pharma but it’s hard to understand how anyone who works for AbbVie can feel good about their employer. prices on seven of the 10 costliest prescription drugs in 2020 without justification, increasing drug spending by $1.67 billion, a U.S.

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Pharma manufacturing can digitalise its way round the next crisis

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The turbulence of the last three years can make it seem as though pharma manufacturers have been operating in an atmosphere of non-stop crisis. The net effect has been to stimulate change in every aspect of the pharma industry – an industry not exactly known for its embrace of manufacturing innovation.

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Should we be worried about pharma’s supply chain?

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QUICK READ: Pharma supply chain issues are a concern for us all but especially patients. Hedley Rees has written a book on pharma supply chains that is eye-opening and downright scary. Can patients really be confident in pharma supply chains? Why would a pharma company take risks like these? Patients should be scared.

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America’s healthcare costs are in deep crisis

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SUMMARY: The media loves to blame pharma companies for high healthcare costs, but unless we start to invest in healthy lifestyles, we’re headed for a healthcare crisis the likes of which we have never experienced. Forget the fact that prescription drugs only account for $.10 Aye, that’s the question!

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As Apple Rolls Out Medication Tracking to all iPhones, Pharma Must Embrace Connectivity

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By introducing medication tracking to its existing iPhone Health app, Apple just did for prescription drug users what it did for anyone with a physical wallet or airplane boarding pass. For manufacturers of the drugs being prescribed and tracked, patients will only interact with their products and any related apps as needed ?

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