USA. Dems press Trump officials to reduce price of opioid reversal drug A group of House Democrats wants the Trump administration to use federal authority to lower the price of naloxone, a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses. (The Hill, 16.05....

Kolumbien. Coca Industrialization: A Path to Innovation, Development, and Peace in Colombia Coca Industrialization: A Path to Innovation, Development, and Peace in Colombia presents coca as an agricultural product with ample industriali...

USA/Kanada. Here's How Much Marijuana Costs in the United States vs Canada A tidal wave of change is hitting the cannabis industry in both the United States and Canada. (Forbes, USA, 18.05.2018) https://www.forbes.com/sites/priceonomics/2018/05/...

USA. 6 US states accuse opioid maker Purdue of fueling overdoses Six U.S. states on Tuesday sued the maker of the opioid OxyContin of using deceptive marketing to boost drug sales that fueled opioid overdose deaths.  Drugmaker Purdue Pharma...

Philip Morris device knows a lot about your smoking habit Unlike a conventional cigarette, the iQOS is an electronic device with circuitry that enables it to collect user information. A teardown analysis shows this could give the tobacco giant re...

USA. The Pain Hustlers Insys Therapeutics paid millions of dollars to doctors. The company called it a “speaker program,” but prosecutors now call it something else: a kickback scheme. (The New York Times Magazine, 02.05.2018) https:...