A Voice for Choice Advocacy
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A Voice for Choice Advocacy advocates for people’s rights to be fully informed about the composition, quality, and short- and long-term health effects of all products that go into people’s bodies, such as food, water, air, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
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Nearly 340 former congressional staffers now work for pharmaceutical companies or their lobbying firms, according to data analyzed by KHN and provided by Legistorm, a nonpartisan congressional research company.

On the flip side, the analysis showed, more than a dozen former drug industry employees now have jobs on Capitol Hill — often on committees that handle health care policy.

“Who do they really work for?”

#BigPharma #BigGovernment #Pharmaceuticals #RevolvingDoor #Congress #Healthcare #RightToKnow

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/big-pharma-greets-hundreds-of-ex-federal-workers-at-the-revolving-door/
"One ALS drug made $400 million in sales for its maker. It doesn’t work. A cancer treatment brought in $500 million. That one turned out to have no effect on survival. A blood cancer medication made nearly $850 million before being withdrawn for two of its uses. That drug had been linked to patient deaths years prior.

All of them were allowed to be sold to Americans because of the US Food and Drug Administration’s drive to get new drugs to patients quickly — sometimes even before they’re done testing."

#BigPharma #Pharmaceuticals #FDA #Healthcare #InformedConsent

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/05/americans-are-paying-billions-to-take-drugs-that-dont-work/