an online campaign has been launched against a u.s. drug maker accused of inflating prices of an hiv drug by thousands of dollars and it turns out the company doesn't even own the patent for the treatment or to scale up and as more. all across the american political spectrum almost everyone seems to agree that prescription drug costs are too high we will never stop fighting for our children our seniors and those in need of prescription drugs and working families who cannot afford the escalation of cost the drug lobby is making an absolute fortune at the expense of american consumers but the big companies couldn't care less about the government's opinion gilead sciences takes the prize among hated pharma giants its new medication for people who've been infected with hiv is selling for roughly sixteen hundred to two thousand dollars a month needless to say there has been outrage we're here today u.s.c.a. to protest the gillie ads pricing their new combination therapy strike there's no valid reason for it to be priced it's purely greed and pro

u.s. centers for disease control found that most of the drug overdoses in the u.s. re due to fenton a drug thirty to fifty times as powerful as heroin opioids kill one hundred fifteen americans every day this police video shows a man near death in skokie illinois revived by the drug nor can which many police in the country now carry a few song sized grains of fentanyl are enough to kill most people when they do overdose the lucky ones end up at places like stroger hospital in chicago but many don't make it at all in terms of the sheer volume it's really the biggest we've had that the rate of rise of fatalities in cook county has just stepped up up up on in twenty fifteen we had about six hundred sixty five fatalities the next year we had eleven hundred and for the past year we're collecting the statistics on it looks like it'll be at least at that level maybe able to hire us police say the strength of fentanyl they're recovering from black market drug dealers are powerful than ever meaning its victims could in time be counted in the millions john hendren al-jazeera c

an online campaign demands a u.s. drug. billions of dollars in charges. thanks for joining us this hour. across the stricken starving brutal rule venezuela has been described many ways in the west the media recently. explains though there's a new label being pinned on the south american country to president. you can take a man out of business but you can't take business out of the man apparently u.s. president donald trump is living proof of that he's been tailoring this image of corporate sharks for decades and is now taking the approach to politics the potential of venezuela. don't properly and with with democracy it would be incredible it was one of the richest companies certainly and now it's one of the poorest gulf countries of the world a slip of the tongue for sure but could it be a fraud and one well he seems to have appointed venezuela's new c.e.o. a long time ago i mean what else could one why do be in this i mean as an owner trump would want a man he can trust running this venture it has been an expensive one and the u.s. plans to invest more i

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u.s. taxpayer money that paid for developing the new drug the scientific research and the testing necessary it was all paid for by the u.s. government however it's gilliard stockholders that get the profits no royalties of any kind are being paid into the u.s. treasury but i'm sleepy right and i have bears a huge problem with access to expose or profile access in the united states to prevent a champion. basically there's a lot of low income communities people of color trans women who are not being able to access this drug and a huge part of that is because the company that makes it good science is charge is sixteen hundred dollars for a drug that only costs six dollars now there is similar outrage when gilead started charging over one thousand dollars a pill for its hepatitis c. drug cartel for her. but. now there's another famous case of the chief executive of turning. pharmaceuticals martin scrawly jacking up the price of darrent pram an anti parasite medication five thousand percent from its initial cost of thirteen fifteen and when pressed in congress to justify his reasoning mr lee see

u.s. centers for disease control found that most of the drug overdoses in the u.s. are due to fenton a drug thirty to fifty times as powerful as heroin opioids kill one hundred fifteen americans every day this police video shows a man near death in skokie illinois revived by the drug nor can which many police in the country now carry a few song signs grains of fentanyl are enough to kill most people when they do overdose the lucky ones end up at places like stroger hospital in chicago but many don't make it at all in terms of the sheer volume it's really the biggest we've had that the rate of rise of fatalities in cook county has just stepped up up on in twenty fifteen we had about six hundred sixty five fatalities the next year we had eleven hundred and for the past year we're collecting the statistics on it looks like it'll be at least at that level maybe able to hire us police say the strength of fentanyl they're recovering from black market drug dealers are powerful than ever meaning its victims could in time be counted in the millions john hendren al-jazeera chi

that online campaign demands a u.s. drug maker returned billions of dollars that allegedly overcharged for medicine. good morning ten am thursday morning the twenty eighth of march life. kevin are waiting for this thirty minute they could have your company. crisis stricken starving and under a brutal rule venezuela has been described as many ways in the most recent days by western media but next as he goes down off rick's planes there's a new label being pinned on the south american country to buy president. you can take a man out of business but you can't take business out of the man apparently u.s. president donald trump is living proof of that he's been tailoring this image of corporate sharks for decades and is now taking the approach to politics the potential of venezuela. don't properly and with with democracy it would be incredible it was one of the richest companies certainly and now it's one of the poorest countries of the was a slip of the tongue for sure but could it be a fraud and one well he seems to have appoin

an online campaign demands of u.s. drug maker return billions of dollars of the alleged deal to charge for anti h.i.b. medicine. to this thursday a turkish merchant ship and its crew have been hijacked by a group of rescued migrants in the mediterranean vessels now reported be heading to europe. and the u.s. faces isolation could assist them in the u.n. security council after washington recognizes israel's rule over the golan heights a disputed area that straddles syria jordan and lebanon. my country's government considers this decision as a unilateral statement that has neither political nor legal authority. either it will always be either heard of sovereignty. over good morning a.t.m. thursday the twenty eighth of march live from moscow watching out international with me kevin first in this thirty minute update crisis stricken starving and under a brutal rule venezuela's been described many ways in the western media recently but next as he goes down off reports this morning there's a new label that's been pinned on the so

news today as the scandal tarnishing the founding family of u.s. drug maker produce pharma has reached another landmark with the first prominent rejection the rejection of a major museum donation the national portrait gallery in london has reportedly returned a one point three million dollars donation from the sackler family related to purdue and its flagship product oxy cotton to the crisis of opioid abuse addiction and overdose in the us a spokesperson for the secular trust said quote it has become evident that recent reporting of allegations made against secular family members may cause this new donation to deflect the national portrait gallery from its important work the secular family still holds a controlling interest in producing former which currently faces a myriad opioid related lawsuits including one led by the attorney general for massachusetts. and auto makers have felt a shockwave today as b.m.w. announced the company will be hitting the brakes as it announced a profit warning this morning b.m.w. announced that they would have a significan

u.s. food and drug administration has confirmed that asbestos asbestos has been found in some cosmetics artie's scotty no humans will be here also artie's caleb often tells us about some cool phones that americans just can't buy no phone for you and later we pick back up on hong kong coverage from the two thousand and nineteen watching conference with artist brunch aboard who talks with the person who is living it to them straight headlines let's go. to stimulating policy reversal at the european central bank for global report today as the e.c.b. put a hold on interest rates and plans for low cost loans to european banks remarkably the resort to stimulatory monetary measures comes less than three months after the e.c.b. ended the year as long policy of so-called quantitative easing or q.e. the e.c.b. action comes as the bank forecast half a percent less growth for the eurozone from one point seven to one point one percent this year in a press conference e.c.b. marial druggy of the president there lowered confidence produced by the trade discussions as one major factor in the move the euro fell

and an online campaign demands a u.s. drug maker returns billions of dollars that allegedly overcharge for hiv medication .

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areas of the desert where if we only put up a wall the wall would stop them from getting the drugs into the u.s. if people paid attention to the extraordinary trial of el chapo guzman in new york, which i did, there was testimony after testimony after testimony, he's bringing and they, his successors, are bringing the drugs through our ports of entry because they deal in volume and sophistication. and what are we going to do? we are going to build a medieval wall over here while they continue to flood this country by modifying pickup trucks, passenger cars, semis to smuggle humans and drugs into the united states of america. border patrol is understaffed. border patrol does not have adequate technology. they only screen a very small percentage of the vehicles coming through. sometimes 6%. sometimes it's as high as 8%. wow. then, you got a 92% chance if ou are el chapo guzman or some other scum bag cartel from mexico getting a product in a sufficient way. why pay someone with a backpack when you can use it that way? or you can use u.p.s. or fedex. if you are chinese you can go online and find ch

u.s. couldn't drug commissioner scott gottlieb has announced he's resigning his better real hard liner cracking down on companies ranging from those that produce opioids to those pushing bathing on kids and fact is produced to sharply oppose rather sharply restricting the sale of flavored cigarettes to slow the surge invading by under-age minors which the commissioner argued could if left on a baited lead to an entire new generation of people addicted to nicotine here to help us out on the company's impact in is out of mesure they had a mess trading adam we're so pleased you'll join us again now jewel labs is one that a lot of people know they're not publicly traded but a big company that is a investor in jewel is tria maybe thirty five percent i think at least last the last i read i mean how might the commissioner leaving assuming the policy changes how might that impact al tria or other companies who either are involved or have exposure to they've been companies. yeah it's a shame that scott colley of sent down he was fighting the good fight and it was a sudden departure which makes you think

the leading chinese online pharmacy and health service saysder listed in the u.s. drug were cut in the industry, convenient for customers. let's go to david at the wharton global forum. we are a very transparent and highly efficient channel for dry distribution, to have online stores with150,000 their distribution. you can see that we are highly trans parent. this is why we are highly sought after. like -- >> especially after our ipo, companies like pfizer, eli lilly, stephanie johnson, all these companies love to work with us, because we are fully combined, and we have high-efficiency transparency. you think is the biggest change that will happen, that you think might happen, to the chinese health care industry? what is one trend that you are confident that will remain in tact? >> we will have much more convenient of seeing doctors, and the costs of getting medication will be lowered drastically, all different efforts. people can go to a half though or online must at all on their mobile devices, monitoring vital signs. a lot of convenience will be there and a lot of co

the drugs were wrapped in burlap bags, backed inpp a sg container for dried fruit. the demand in the u.s. peaked a few decades now drug cartels are looking to exploit the opioid idemic. >> cocaine was the nemesisth in 1990s but this is traffickers trying to merge cocaine and fentanyl to create new markets. >> reporter: most drugs is smuggled into the u.s. through checkpoints. and more than 90%ro comesm colombia where production is surging. now with the dangerous trend of mixing it with fentanyl, drug and inspection agents say they expect to find more big drug shipments like this. >> pete williams wasracing how drugs got into the u.s. and how it was involved. >>> and conor mcgregor is altercation an outside the ring. mcgreg smashed anhone when a tried to take a phone. mcgregor allegedly slapped the phone out of the fan's hands and stomped on it multiple times. mcgregor has been charged with felony, strong arm robbery and c misdemeanominal mischief. >>> it's a video that you've probably seen on a social media hoege. >> it s a ccer patient's room being raided. nolan sd officers stormed his

drug the company says their drug is a longer lasting alternative to another similar drug in the walk zone and the u.s. food and drug administration says they will expedite approval for the new drug under does a designated fast track procedures the company statement also declares a quote commitment not to profit from any future sales of this drug the drug makers president richard sackler a member of produce founding family previously patented a version of the drug buprenorphine which is used in treating opioid addiction the company and eight members of the sackler family are name is defendants in a current lawsuit over produced opioids filed by massachusetts attorney general maura healy. and now joining us from pensacola florida to discuss what could be a huge i.p.o. i.p.o. from levi strauss the famous maker of jeans is legal journalist and contributor for america's lawyer molly barrows molly welcome to the show. i'm always telling some more about this very storied american company they were sold some of the first riveted jeans dating back to california gold rush days a product sort of imbedded in ame

drug the company says their drug is a longer lasting alternative to another similar drug in the walk zone and the u.s. food and drug administration says they will expedite approval for the new drug under does a designated fast track procedures the company statement also declares a quote commitment not to profit from any future sales of this drug the drug makers president richard sackler a member of produce founding family previously patented a version of the drug buprenorphine which is used in treating opioid addiction the company and eight members of the sackler family are name is defendants in a current lawsuit over produced opioids filed by massachusetts attorney general maura healy. and now joining us from pensacola florida to discuss what could be a huge i.p.o. i.p.o. from levi strauss the famous maker of jeans is legal journalist and contributor for america's lawyer molly barrows molly welcome to the show. molly to learn some more about this very storied american company they were sold some of the first riveted jeans dating back to california gold rush days a product sort of imbedded in america

u.s. food and drug administration, scott gottlieb. he has been the fda semisi uluave two years. also known for his push against teen vaping and e-cigarettes. he is stepping down to spend more time with his valley. no word on his replacement. >>> former new york mayor michael bloomberg not running for president. the billionaire hinted on the house run as a democrat for months. but said today he would better help the country by continuing to do the work he has already been doing. limburg has been a republican or independent for much of his political life has spent millions on democratic causes such as climate change and gun control. >>> f.b.i. director christopher wray in san francisco earlier, highlighting the cyber security threats and tech challenges the u.s. is facing right now. he says many come from overseas . >> we are seeing a greater uptick in the threat from various foreign adversaries, iran, russia, north korea and an increasing trend toward what's we called the blended threat which is really when a foreign intelligence service and lists the help of criminal hackers. >>

u.s. about drug prices, and something with insulin and the treatment of diabetes has a focus of the trump on. there were all sent dead letters by the u.s. energy and commerce , asking howst month they set these prices. vonnie: speaking of setting prices, the trump administration getting theseting prices down with various meetings. has it had any impact? abigail: the eli lilly announcement means it is the first major drug company to cut the price of a top-selling drug. a brandcontinue to sell made version but will also offer a generic that will have a list price that is 50% less. there is analysis out of bloomberg intelligence that this might not impact sales for eli lilly a great deal. net prices come home and to take out negotiated rebates with pharmacy benefit managers -- they are 75, 85 percent lower than list prices. a new generic with a 50% lower list price could draw in greater revenue for them if they capture the full list price. vonnie: our stock of the hour. our thanks to you. major indexes are struggling to find direction. more next. ♪ so with xfinity mobile i can customize each

drugs such as l.s.d. and m.d.m.a. also known as ecstasy as treatments for p.t.s.d. schizophrenia and depression associated with cancer treatments last year the u.s. food and drug administration approved the use of an ingredient found in magic mushrooms for a drug trial and treating depression opponents say the research on psychedelics is too new and limited to be reliable. well joining us to discuss all this in new york dr will see you he's a psychiatrist trained in m.d.m.a. assisted psychotherapy and provides ketamine facilitated psychotherapy as part of his private practice in brooklyn new york journalist well not new york journalist in brooklyn new york eyes its list and author nicholas powers his book the ground below zero details his own personal experiences with psychedelics and in davis california davis olsen he's an assistant professor of chemistry biochemistry and molecular medicine at the university of california davis and in santa cruz california barrios are close in ski she's the director of research development and regulatory affairs at the multidisciplinary association for psychedelic studies or maps lots of acronyms lots of words

u.s. allows drug companies to that the u.s. government allows drug companies the longest period of exclusive 70 exclusivity on drugs on biologics? >> i believe that is true. >> [ indiscernible - low volume ] >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> we know medicare limits prices for doctors and hospitals, can medicare not negotiate lower prices with drug companies? >> that is true directly yes. >> yes. >> other agents work on their behalf to negotiate. they do not negotiate directly. >> yes. >> thank you. is it true u.s. taxpayers subsidize pharmaceutical advertising and marketing through the tax codes business expense deduction? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> no different than any other advertiser. >> thank you. >> we know the united states is the world's largest market for pharmaceuticals is it true we pay the highest in the overwhelming number of cases is that true that we pay the highest drug prices in the world? >> the average government price that would not be the case. >> that we as americans individually pay the largest and highest drug p

a new antidepressant spray that's chemically similar to the highly addictive drug ketamine has been approved in the u.s. as ketamine as it's known comes with a strong government drug agency warning about the risks associated with misuse and abuse early charles show positive results among patients with severe depression it's really interesting to come from a place of being depressed for so long in so many years to not being depressed at all and to not feeling that feels really great. ketamine also known as special k. or vitamin k. is a popular club drug causing dreamlike states and hallucinations it can also lead to amnesia and delirium as mentioned ketamine is also extremely addictive much like cocaine and fed him in base products it was initially developed as a horse tranquilizer but nowadays is most commonly used in hospitals as a powerful anesthetic and it's hoped this new ketamine based medicine will help address widespread depression in the u.s. we're over three million adults have been diagnosed with persistent depression so i cast psychiatry's in a limb becky is concerned the agency's decision w