pharmaceutical companies
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Is TrumpRx a Good Idea?
President Donald Trump announced a deal with Pfizer to provide discounts on prescription drugs. If successful, Americans needing a break will welcome it.

Trump's Alternate Prescription to Price Controls
The president signed an executive order he says will drastically reduce the price of prescription medications, though there may be unintended consequences.

Joe Biden, Drug Dealer Extraordinaire
No one really likes pharmaceutical companies all that much, but price controls are a terrible policy.

Opioid Ruling Won't Solve the Addiction Crisis
Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $572 million over its role in the epidemic.
Why Prescription Drug Prices Are Soaring
Perverse incentives drive higher prices, and millions of Americans are fed up.

The Right Prescription: Less Government
There are important deregulation efforts afoot that will help lower prescription-drug prices.
FDA Injects EpiPen With Needed Dose of Competition
The agency ends Mylan's monopoly on the emergency delivery device by approving a generic.
The Opioid Epidemic: Overdosing on Cronyism
The Drug Enforcement Administration may have had a hand in the rise of the nation's opiate crisis.

Blaming Big Pharma for Heroin Epidemic
State and local governments have been suing pharmaceutical companies for the opioid abuse problem.
Getting It Right in the Battle Against Opioid Overdose Deaths
Nationwide, there were close to 60,000 deaths in 2016 from drug overdoses. Something must be done.
America's Opiate Epidemic: Enablers and Victims
The nation faces a crisis of overdose deaths and addiction. What started it and what can we do?
The Wildly Outrageous Costs of Pharmaceuticals
Thank the FDA, ObamaCare and regulation in general for much of the problem.