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February 1, 2024
Grace Segers
Bernie Sanders Has a Plan to Make Big Pharma’s Greedheads Squirm
The senator spoke to TNR about how he’ll grill the CEOs of three drug manufacturers about their high prices.
November 19, 2021
Natalie Shure
Covid Antiviral Pills Could Be a “Game Changer”—if Only Our Health Care System Actually Worked
New medicines are on the way in the fight against the pandemic, but these life-saving drugs might get trapped in a maze of bad policy.
June 1, 2021
Alexander Zaitchik
Long, Strange TRIPS: The Grubby History of How Vaccines Became Intellectual Property
Not long ago, life-saving medical know-how was viewed as belonging to everyone. What happened?
August 24, 2020
Alexander Zaitchik
How to Break a Big Pharma Monopoly on a Covid-19 Vaccine
The race for a cure has put a spotlight on corporate control over medical research. Under a Democratic administration, it doesn’t have to be that way.
September 13, 2018
Emily Atkin
Hurricane Florence could cause prescription drug shortages. But which drugs?
August 14, 2017
Sarah Jones
Merck’s CEO is not a hero.
October 12, 2011
Alec MacGillis
It's Not A Duel, It's A Three-way
September 28, 2011
Alec MacGillis
The Permanent Candidate
What’s driving Rick Perry?
September 15, 2011
Timothy Noah
'Crony Capitalism' Switches Parties
August 19, 2011
Dave Mann
Whatever Rick Perry’s Record Is, It’s Not Conservative
October 30, 2006
Jeanne Lenzer
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