Enjoyed talking with @jlussenhop.bsky.social, the host of ProPublica’s new podcast “Paper Trail,’ about my reporting on how a 25-cent pill became a $100 billion drug, and my experience taking the pricey cancer medication.
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6D6u...
Who wins when a major opioid manufacturer settles federal claims of reckless behavior? The lawyers ($350 million) and company executives ($95 million in bonuses). Losers? Opioid victims (about $1,000 per victim). Read the details here - www.propublica.org/article/endo...
The momentum from dramatic improvements in cancer treatment over the past two decades is now at risk www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/t...
I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The Purdue Pharma settlement somehow got even worse for victims. Tens of thousands of those who suffered from the company pushing OxyContin will get nothing. Meanwhile a company lawyer is billing at $2,935 an hour.
www.propublica.org/article/purd...
In wake of McKinsey's $650 million settlement with the government for its role advising opioid companies, read our story from nearly six years ago on how the company helped Purdue Pharma www.propublica.org/article/oxyc...
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
Cancer research has had bipartisan support. But Trump administration budget cuts and delays threaten to reverse progress of recent years, experts say.
For a decade, the Justice Department delayed a winning criminal case against Philadelphia-based Endo Health Solutions. That allowed the company to vastly expand its narcotics empire and execute a corp...
Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against the company for the harm they said its drugs caused. Fewer than half of them will get any compensation.
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Secret portions of a lawsuit allege that Purdue Pharma, controlled by the Sackler family, considered capitalizing on the addiction treatment boom — while going to extreme lengths to boost sales of its...
