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How TrumpRx Drug Prices Compare With Those in Other Countries
Rebecca Robbins covers the pharmaceutical industry. She oversaw data collection from pharmacies in Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and Britain.
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Advocates push lawmakers to end tax break for drug commercials, advertising
Advocates argue that some drug companies spend more on executive salaries, stock buybacks, and advertising than they do on research and development, while pharmaceutical companies claim rising prescription drug costs are driven by research and development expenses.
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Henrietta Lacks's Family Settles Suit With Novartis Over Use of Her Cells
The pharmaceutical giant Novartis has reached a settlement with the family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were taken from her without her consent in 1951, when she was dying of cervical cancer in a segregated ward at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
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Novartis settles with woman's estate over use of her "stolen" cells to advance medicine
Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable major medical advances, including the polio vaccine.
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Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks' estate over use of her 'stolen' cells to advance medicine
Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable major medical advancements, including the polio vaccine.
