Pharmaceutical Industry

Health & Science Briana Heaney, Aug. 06, 2024

Dark Money Group Spins Local Election In National Initiative To Help Big Pharma

Health care officials and political leaders are worried. A dark money group dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars into a local primary election spreading falsehoods about the lieutenant governor and a program called 340B.

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Energy & Environment WVPB Staff, Jun. 13, 2024

Pharmaceutical Contamination And Residents React To Pipeline, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, pharmaceutical products are winding up in West Virginia waterways, contaminating local rivers and wildlife. Chris Schulz spoke with two researchers about the issue and its environmental implications.

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Health & Science Emily Rice, Dec. 05, 2023

Consolidation Brings Pharmacy Deserts To W.Va.

With the closing and consolidation of pharmacy chains and independent retailers, patients are left wondering where to go for guidance and their medications.

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Health & Science Eric Douglas, Jun. 26, 2023

WVU Professor: Pharma Industry Making Billions On Orphan Drugs

Prescription drugs have changed many lives around the world, treating illnesses that were once thought untreatable — mainly because they were considered to be too small a population for a pharmaceutical company to research. News Director Eric Douglas spoke with Sean Tu, a WVU law professor with a Ph.D. in pharmacology who researches these issues.

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Government Caroline MacGregor, Aug. 02, 2022

Opioid Settlement Disbursement Process Begins

Now that the state has reached a $400 million settlement with the “Big Three” pharmaceutical distributors, the process of getting the money where it’s needed will begin as quickly as possible.

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Health & Science Eric Douglas, Mar. 31, 2022