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Issue Position: Hold Pharmaceutical Companies Accountable

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2019
Issues: Health and Health Care

Pharmaceutical companies have, without a doubt, improved the quality of life for Americans. However, certain companies have used the good-will developed through the industry's advances in medicine to abuse the trust of the American public. This despite the fact that many pharmaceutical developments have come from publicly funded research that was then adopted by the industry.

Nowhere is this most apparent than in the recent opioid epidemic. Purdue Pharma has made more than $35 BILLION in revenue since releasing OxyContin in 1995. The fine of $635 MILLION for false advertising around claims of non-addictiveness and tamper-proofing is barely a slap on the wrist.

Pharmaceutical companies are responsible for the health of Americans. They have a duty to play by the rules, and those that break the rules will face repercussions through the criminal justice system.


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