by gslwpadm | May 22, 2019 | Press Releases
MAY 22 2019, WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5) and Congressman Hal Rogers (KY-5), co-founder and co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse, released a report exposing that...
by gslwpadm | May 22, 2019 | In the News
A new Congressional report accuses the World Health Organization of being corrupted by Purdue Pharma, the Oxycontin manufacturer facing a wave of lawsuits for its alleged role in causing the opioid addiction crisis.The WHO’s guidelines for opioid...
by gslwpadm | May 22, 2019 | In the News
Two members of Congress accused the World Health Organization on Wednesday of helping Purdue Pharma use the same “propaganda campaign” that fueled the opioid epidemic in the United States to expand drug sales internationally.In a 38-page report...
by gslwpadm | May 22, 2019 | In the News
Purdue Pharma, the drug manufacturer that kickstarted the US opioid epidemic, corruptly influenced the World Health Organization in order to boost painkiller sales across the globe, according to a report by members of Congress.An investigation by Katherine...
by gslwpadm | May 22, 2019 | In the News
A new congressional report claims that the World Health Organization’s guidelines on treating pain were directly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry, including a set of directions for prescribing powerful painkillers that appear to have been taken from...
