Today on TAP: The annual World Trade Organization meeting came to an ignominious end last week with no ‘progress’ on major issues. That is a form of progress.
Big Pharma
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Drug Companies Are Fighting Biden’s Efforts to Lower Their Prices
Today on TAP: We should visibly fight back (good for Americans’ health and wallets, and good for Democrats’ prospects).
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‘Return What You Stole and Be a Man With Dignity’
Doctors didn’t think it was possible to loathe the world’s biggest health care profiteer any more. Then came the hack that set half their bookkeeping systems on fire.
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Zoomer Hackers Shut Down the Biggest Extortion Ring of All
A ransomware gang cripples UnitedHealthcare. Could a comprehensive antitrust investigation finish the job?
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Bernie Sanders Isn’t Thankful for High Drug Prices
Another in a series of hearings with pharma CEOs takes place today.
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Public Pharma’s Biggest Barrier
California is about to start developing and manufacturing insulin. But is the state too tied up with nonprofit Civica Rx, rather than building its own capacity?
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The Insulin Shift
Today on TAP: Thanks to Democrats and the American Rescue Plan, insulin prices are going way down for everyone.
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American Kleptocracy Revisited
Our investigative editor’s favorites for 2023
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On Drug Prices, Biden Opts for Talk Over Action
The administration says it has the ability to employ march-in rights to lower drug prices. When will it actually use them?