Bich NguyenApr 29

"OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is set to be dissolved and replaced by a company focused on the public good by the week’s end, as a massive legal settlement resolving thousands of lawsuits takes effect.

A federal judge on Tuesday delivered a criminal sentence to the company to resolve a U.S. Department of Justice probe — a last necessary step to clear the way for the settlement."

https://apnews.com/article/oxycontin-purdue-pharma-criminal-sentence-settlement-b8aa94eaab3d9d8efed520f272f6d810

#healthcare #PhRMA #opioids #settlement #courts

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is sentenced, set to dissolve

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma has been ordered to pay $225 million in a criminal case related to how it sold its blockbuster opioid painkiller. The criminal sentence delivered Tuesday opens the door for a separate settlement of thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids to take effect. Under that deal, the company will dissolve and members of the Sackler family who own the company will pay up to $7 billion over 15 years. Some advocates wanted that deal blocked and are calling on members of the family to be criminally charged instead.

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Bich NguyenApr 28

"For different reasons, an alliance of MAHA adherents, social conservatives and pronatalists are eager to go after birth control. With Trump sinking in the polls and his coalition fracturing, he may want to deliver for his core supporters...Contraception has gone from being politically untouchable to a real target on the right."

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/04/25/birth-control-maha-abortion-trump-00889738

#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #contraception #FamilyPlanning #FDA #PhRMA #elections #elections2026

Trump Is Going After Birth Control. Here’s Why.

Contraception was politically untouchable — until now.

Politico
Bich NguyenApr 27

"...a POLITICO analysis of MAHA PAC and the only other active political action committee aligned with the movement, a linked Super PAC, found they have just over $412,000 in available cash.

What money they have raised has largely come from the pharma industry, whose clout in Washington Kennedy has decried for decades."

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/24/rfk-maha-lyons-pac-midterms-00889913

#healthcare #PublicHealth #MAHA #HHS #PhRMA #food #nutrition #pesticides #vaccinations #immunizations #elections #elections2026 #USpol

The groups backing RFK Jr. are running low on cash

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy this week blasted the MAHA PAC as a “moral and ethical mess.”

Politico
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Feb 11, 2025

#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk

UPDATE

*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*

(14/n)

... who #Musk hired as an advisor over the summer to help his get-out-the-vote work, was most recently a senior political advisor at #PhRMA, a trade association that advocates on behalf of pharmaceutical companies. He was previously a national field director for the #RepublicanNationalCommittee

https://www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-list-white-house-2025-2?insiderId=c8d4d656-9f75-4844-8f2d-48ca3eedba29

DOGE staff list reveals tech vets, McKinsey alum, Supreme Court clerks

A list of White House DOGE staffers shows about 30 young tech, finance, and legal professionals remaking the federal government.

Business Insider
JorroDec 10, 2024

#trump #rfkjr #bigpharma #pfizer #elililly #phrma #corruption

It was a matter of time ,Trump though talk in public but soft in reality , Trump and Kennedy had dinner with big pharma but consumer advocates were not invited, go figure.

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/05/trump-rfk-jr-pfizer-lilly

Scoop: Trump, RFK Jr. dine with Pfizer and Lilly execs

The dinner could indicate that Trump's administration will see the pharmaceutical industry as a partner — not just an adversary.

Axios
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Feb 28, 2024
Federal #court in #Texas dismissed #lawsuit brought by heavy-hitting #pharmaceutical trade group, #PhRMA, which argued forcing #drug makers to negotiate #Medicare #drugprices is #unconstitutional. The big pharmaceutical companies suing government directly over negotiations include J&J, #BristolMyersSquibb, #NovoNordisk, #Merck, and #AstraZeneca. District Judge David Ezra found they first need to bring claims through an administrative review process under the #MedicareAct https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/judge-tosses-big-pharma-suit-claiming-drug-price-negotiation-is-unconstitutional/
Judge tosses Big Pharma suit claiming drug price negotiation is unconstitutional

The judge ruled that the court lacks jurisdiction.

Ars Technica
Matt WillemsenFeb 14, 2024
Judge tosses Big Pharma suit claiming drug price negotiation is unconstitutional
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/judge-tosses-big-pharma-suit-claiming-drug-price-negotiation-is-unconstitutional/ #CaseDismissed #BigPharma #loses #PhRMA #NICA #Medicare
Judge tosses Big Pharma suit claiming drug price negotiation is unconstitutional

The judge ruled that the court lacks jurisdiction.

Ars Technica
Lucid2754Jan 10, 2024
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/canada-vows-to-defend-its-drug-supply-against-florida-importation-plan/
Don’t blame Canada for being against it. It is funny how DeSantis would celebrate getting cheaper drugs from “liberal” Canada- a country that as the article says negotiates drug prices with manufacturers. And the statement from Big Pharma on how this will harm public health is utter nonsense and fear mongering. Don’t insult our intelligence.
#PhRMA #canada #prescriptiondrugs #desantis
Canada vows to defend its drug supply against Florida importation plan

Canada adds that importing its drugs will not solve America's drug pricing problems.

Ars Technica
Chris Geoghooligan ✊Aug 3, 2023
Fuck #PhRMA for many reasons but in particular this time for making us watch so many goddamn musical commercials with people singing and dancing on overproduced sets instead of using that money to lower prescription costs for everyone.
Steve HermanJun 21, 2023
#PhRMA suing the US government to block enforcement of a program giving #Medicare power to negotiate drug prices. https://www.phrma.org/resource-center/Topics/Access-to-Medicines/Release-NICA-GCCA-PhRMA-Litigation-Asserts-Price-Setting-Provisions-in-the-Inflation-Reduction-Act-are-Unconstitutional
NICA, GCCA, PhRMA Litigation Asserts Price Setting Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act are Unconstitutional

Today, the National Infusion Center Association (NICA), the Global Colon Cancer Association (GCCA) and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas asserting the price setting provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act are unconstitutional.