Big Pharma
By Moe Tkacik
A widespread shortage of the ADD pill is driving a nation of Adderall users to distraction. Naturally, it all comes down to drug company profits. MORE
By Jed Bickman
Pharmaceutical companies make juicy payments of cash and gourmet meals to doctors who prescribe their drugs. MORE
By Kirk Maltais
Eli Lilly got slapped for pitching its pills while getting doctors sloshed. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Major pharmaceutical firms employ 250 companies to write rave reviews of new drugs in America's top scientific journals, and pay doctors big bucks to lend them their bylines. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
In 2010, OxyContin became a $3 billion business, and total Vicodin prescriptions rose to 130 million in the U.S. alone. MORE
Scientists are hailing the promising vaccine as a landmark anti-addiction drug. But does it really work? MORE
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