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THE OMICRON SYNDROME

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 29, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"President Cyril Ramaphosa sees off Coronavirus COVID-19 quarantined citizens from The Ranch Resort" by GovernmentZA is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0

New COVID-19 variants inevitable until pharmas are stopped from privatizing public vaccine research and development

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Africa, Apparent Horizon, Column, coronavirus, corruption, criticism, Democracy, development, Dr. Anthony Fauci, global, Health, international, J&J, Jason Pramas, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, NIAID, NIH, Omicron, Pfizer, pharma, pharmaceutical, political economy, privatization, public, public health, research, south africa, vaccination, vaccine, variant

OXY MONSTERS PUT ON BLAST

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted March 22, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

AG looks to extract more from Purdue Pharma, which is now in the recovery drug biz.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Marty Walsh, opiod, pharmaceutical

THE VERTEX SHELL GAME

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 24, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Vertex Headquarters. Photo ©2015 Derek Kouyoumjian

Pharma’s Donation to Boston, Other Cities Converts Public Funds to PR Gold

 

Vertex Pharmaceuticals made a big PR splash last week with an announcement of a significant donation to Boston and other cities where it does business. The Boston-based company, best known for its cystic fibrosis meds, has pledged to “spend $500 million on charitable ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: advertising, Boston, capitalism, commerce, corporation, criticism, deal, Deval Patrick, foundation, Giveaway, Jeffrey Leiden, jobs, John Barros, labor, marketing, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, monopoly, nonprofit, pharma, pharmaceutical, PR, public, public relations, taxes, Vertex

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