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/

Dr. Aseem Malhotra: When You Hear The Words 'Big Pharma, Pfizer, Astra Zeneca' Think 'Psychopathic'!

#COVID19vaccines #BigPharma #Pfizer #AstraZeneca

https://rumble.com/v4ts369-dr.-aseem-malhotra-when-you-hear-the-words-big-pharma-pfizer-astra-zeneca-t.html

Documents Expose UK Doctor as #BigPharma Shill

#NHS #Healthcare #AstraZeneca

https://rumble.com/v4vsmst-documents-expose-uk-doctor-as-big-pharma-shill.html

Study links talc use to #ovariancancer — a potential boon for thousands suing J&J

#JohnsonAndJohnson #BigPharma #BabyPowder

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/talc-baby-powder-linked-ovarian-cancer-jj-lawsuit-rcna152493 via @nbcnews

Prescription drug ads should soon start looking noticeably different

#PharmaceuticalAds #BigPharma #DrugAds #InformedConsent

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/20/prescription-drug-ads-transparency

"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 A blood cancer medication made nearly $850 million before being withdrawn for two of its uses.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/

"Plavix was marketed as a drug that could help reduce serious cardiovascular events.

But in 2014, a state court found Bristol-Myers and Sanofi sold Plavix in Hawaii for 12 years, even though they knew it did not work on many Asians and Pacific Islanders."

#BigPharma #Fraud #Hawaii

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/05/22/hawaii-wins-record-award-suit-over-blood-thinning-drug-that-was-ineffective-many/

Dr. Suneel Dhand: The Medical Profession Is About To Collapse (& The Collapse Is Well Deserved!)

#Healthcare #Doctors #NHS #BigPharma

https://rumble.com/v4z0d9x-dr.-suneel-dhand-the-medical-profession-is-about-to-collapse-and-the-collap.html

"An Indianapolis-based company pleaded guilty to animal welfare and water pollution crimes at a now-shuttered dog-breeding facility in Virginia where, two years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice ordered the surrender of more than 4,000 beagles that would have been sold to laboratories for drug experiments."

#BigPharma #Pharmaceuticals #DrugTrials #AnimalWelfare #Beagles #Pollution

https://www.yahoo.com/news/company-linked-4-000-rescued-195244507.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Over 17 million people may be taking #statins they do not need

#Pharmaceuticals #BigPharma
#RightToKnow #InformedChoice #InformedConsent #Healthcare

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/new-analysis-finds-millions-of-people-on-statins-may-not-need-them#Takeaway