Enjoyed talking with @jlussenhop.bsky.social, the host of ProPublica’s new podcast “Paper Trail,’ about my reporting on how a 25-cent pill became a $100 billion drug, and my experience taking the pricey cancer medication. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6D6u...
How a 25-Cent Pill Became a Hundred-Billion-Dollar Business
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The Purdue Pharma settlement somehow got even worse for victims. Tens of thousands of those who suffered from the company pushing OxyContin will get nothing. Meanwhile a company lawyer is billing at $2,935 an hour. www.propublica.org/article/purd...
“A Punch in the Gut”: After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement
Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against the company for the harm they said its drugs caused. Fewer than half of them will get any compensation.
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I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
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The momentum from dramatic improvements in cancer treatment over the past two decades is now at risk www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/t...
Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump
Cancer research has had bipartisan support. But Trump administration budget cuts and delays threaten to reverse progress of recent years, experts say.
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Who wins when a major opioid manufacturer settles federal claims of reckless behavior? The lawyers ($350 million) and company executives ($95 million in bonuses). Losers? Opioid victims (about $1,000 per victim). Read the details here - www.propublica.org/article/endo...
Endo’s End Around: How One of the Nation’s Largest Opioid Makers Escaped a $7 Billion Federal Penalty
For a decade, the Justice Department delayed a winning criminal case against Philadelphia-based Endo Health Solutions. That allowed the company to vastly expand its narcotics empire and execute a corp...
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In wake of McKinsey's $650 million settlement with the government for its role advising opioid companies, read our story from nearly six years ago on how the company helped Purdue Pharma www.propublica.org/article/oxyc...
OxyContin Maker Explored Expansion Into “Attractive” Anti-Addiction Market
Secret portions of a lawsuit allege that Purdue Pharma, controlled by the Sackler family, considered capitalizing on the addiction treatment boom — while going to extreme lengths to boost sales of its...
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