May 18, 2017
At first glance, it seems that clinical trials are the much-criticized pharmaceutical industry’s best contribution to the medicines process. The industry leans on governments to fund early-stage research, then claims the patent rights to the most promising fruits of that research.
Dec 16, 2016
Are cleverly-branded fishing hats, stuffed animals, and fancy dinners to blame for the U.S.’s raging opioid and heroin epidemic?
Most of us know the breathtaking scope of that epidemic. People are dying of overdoses at a higher rate than ever in our history, nearly 80 deaths every single day. With four of every five heroin users tracing their addiction back to opioids, many of us likely know a loved one or neighbor touched by this tragedy.