This is great news -- yet another reminder of the fact that drugs are cheap. Government-granted patent monopolies make them expensive. Where are those market fundamentalists when we need them?

Good news! #Colombia 🇨🇴 has issued its first-ever compulsory license, to improve access to less-expensive generic versions of key HIV medicine dolutegravir. 👏🏾👏🏾
A landmark step for expanding access to affordable #HIV prevention & treatment.
MSF Access Campaign
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US Senate committee investigates pricing of Novo's Ozempic and Wegovy reut.rs/3UbI5HH

Senate launches investigation into high prices of Ozempic and Wegovy in the U.S. cnbc.com/2024/04/24/sen…

Novo Nordisk is a $555 billion company.

It made over $12 billion in profits last year by, among other things, charging Americans $969 for Ozempic while it can be purchased for $59 in Germany and costs $5 to make.

Our political agenda is to end this greed. Guilty. As. Charged.

A U.S. Senate committee said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation into the prices of Novo Nordisk's diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy in the United States. reut.rs/4b4uXM1 reut.rs/4b4uXM1

We cannot allow Novo Nordisk to continue to charge $969 for Ozempic in the US when it sells for just $59 in Germany & costs $5 to manufacture. The Senate HELP Committee that I chair is investigating the outrageous prices of Ozempic & Wegovy in the US.

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“No drug, no matter how great it is, is worth anything if people cannot afford it.” - Bernie Sanders on Ozempic.

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A Senate committee is investigating the prices that Novo Nordisk charges for its blockbuster medications, Ozempic and Wegovy, which are highly effective at treating diabetes and obesity but carry steep price tags. nyti.ms/3W8UQ8H

Can you believe we live in a world where a Starbucks worker can't seek other barista jobs because of a so-called 'non-compete' clause? Outrageous! I applaud the Federal Trade Commission for banning non-compete clauses. Once again, Chair Khan is delivering for working people.

Listen to FTC Chair Lina Khan explain how the pharmaceutical industry is doing everything they can to charge Americans the highest prices possible for the drugs they need. Spoiler alert: Greed. Greed. Greed.

Very rich and constructive discussion with Senator Bernie Sanders about the importance of making medical products equitable and affordable; the ongoing Member States’ negotiations on the #PandemicAccord and World Health Organization (WHO)’s effort to ensure sustainable and flexible financing. We also

“We are on the Titanic, and it’s going down. And you have got to decide whether or not you can play a role in preventing that destruction. We need you.”

Scathing critique of Moderna by Africa CDC

“Moderna is abandoning a commitment to build highly needed and relevant vaccine manufacturing capabilities in Africa”

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this is such a good move by Lina Khan. taking her message directly to an audience hit hard by corporate greed. it’s good for american consumers and small businesses that we have an ftc chair who is unafraid to make the case EVERYWHERE.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and President Biden joined forces Wednesday at the White House, championing the progress they've made on lowering the cost of inhalers and other expenses for Americans with asthma. cbsn.ws/4apN4eP

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President Joe Biden teamed up with Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday to promote his administration’s efforts to lower the cost of inhalers and other healthcare needs. fortune.com/2024/04/03/joe…

Biden and Senator Sanders to highlight efforts lower cost of asthma inhalers reut.rs/3xmzQRu