(Natural News) Virginia residents have a big motivation to make getting healthy part of their new year’s resolution as reports indicate that health insurance premiums in the state’s individual marketplace could rise by as much as 265 percent in 2017. An Affordable Care Act filing from the Virginia State Corporation Commission shows that Optima Health […]

(Natural News) In yet another story of heartless price gouging, a pharmaceutical company has raised the price of a drug that was once free to more than $100,000 a year. Businesses exist to make money, of course, but Big Pharma is no stranger to taking advantage of people’s suffering. Turning a profit is one thing, […]

(Natural News) A drug that treats periodic paralysis may be pricing those afflicted with the condition out of the market. Originally a medicine approved for glaucoma treatment, the U.K. National Health Service made Daranide available for the equivalent of about $500 U.S. dollars for a year’s supply. Daranide reportedly didn’t work well for the eye disease, […]

(Natural News) President Donald J. Trump campaigned, in part, on a pledge to pursue policies that would end the nightmare trend of skyrocketing costs for medications across America, and the latest data on Big Pharma’s revenue stream proves once again that this is a promise he really needs to keep. In October, the president heavily […]

(Natural News) The National Health Service is eyeing the cessation of the incessant prescription of Liothyronine, a drug that is used to treat thyroid disorders, after its manufacturer, Oakville, Canada-based pharmaceutical company Concordia International, increased its retail price by 5,662 percent to 9.22 British pounds from 16 p per tablet. Liothyronine is used to treat […]

(Natural News) The appropriately named online retail giant Amazon is apparently expanding into the prescription drug business in continuance of its plan for world economic domination. In recent months, it has quietly obtained approval from 12 states, and possibly more, for wholesale pharmacy licenses, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. This has created a lot of buzz […]

(Natural News) Germany’s largest daily newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, unleashed a firestorm of controversy in recent days when it obtained and shared over 13.4 million documents from two offshore service providers, including information related to 19 international tax havens. The documents have caused great embarrassment to some of the world’s richest and most famous personalities, including […]

(Natural News) The fact that Big Pharma has been a driving force behind marijuana prohibition is hard to ignore — especially when it comes to the number of opioid manufacturers that have spent thousands of dollars fighting against medical marijuana. The plague of opioid addiction has struck the United States hard, leaving countless numbers of […]

(Natural News) The pharmaceutical industry practically runs the mainstream media and dictates the behavior of most journalists, commentators, and talking heads. Direct to consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals topped $5.6 billion in 2016, solidifying Big Pharma’s influence over the networks. The very existence of these mainstream media networks hinges on their loyalty to carry out the […]