A multibillion-dollar gatekeeping apparatus has been quietly shaping which online pharmacies Americans can find, and which vanish from view. Behind this moral façade of “safety verification,” the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found something more systemic: a corporate network using…
Imagine walking into your local community clinic. It’s no fancy high-rise medical center, but it’ll suffice as a place of last resort for many. A place that serves the low-income and the underserved, running on a shoestring budget and a…
The $183 Million Shell Game Medicaid was supposed to be a massively lifesaving promise our government makes to low-income Americans: when you get sick, you won’t be left behind. It pays for doctor visits and life-saving prescriptions. We, the taxpayers,…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Novo Nordisk and Its Impact on Public Health The Patient in the Pharmacy Line For millions of Americans, the pharmacy counter is a site of anxiety. It’s where we confront the staggering cost of medications we…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Endo International & Its Impact on American Communities TL;DR: Endo International, a major pharmaceutical company, stands accused of fueling the opioid crisis through deceptive marketing and contributing to widespread suffering from its transvaginal mesh and other…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Frontida BioPharm, LLC / Adare Pharma Solutions & Its Impact on Public and Environmental Safety Table of Contents 1. Introduction A pharmaceutical packaging company, Frontida BioPharm, LLC, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, found itself under regulatory scrutiny…
Corporate Corruption Case Study: Pharmacia & Upjohn, LLC (Pfizer) & Its Impact on the Kalamazoo Community Table of Contents 1. Introduction In a world where multinational corporations often operate with little genuine oversight, few cases so clearly illuminate the systemic…
The Harvard Drug Group LLC, operating under the Rugby Laboratories brand, is accused of selling benzoyl peroxide-based acne treatments contaminated with benzene, a deadly carcinogen linked to leukemia and other cancers. This case is emblematic of the darkest corners of…
Corporate Greed Case Study: The PBM Gatekeepers and Their Impact on Diabetic Americans A Health Crisis by Design For over 8 million Americans, insulin is a necessary drug for survival. Yet, in recent years, a medication that was once affordable…