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2016 Postmortem

Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts) Tue May 10, 2016, 05:30 PM May 2016

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Targeting Big Pharma Price Gouging, Sanders Backs California Ballot Fight

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/05/10/targeting-big-pharma-price-gouging-sanders-backs-california-ballot-fight

'It is no surprise that the pharmaceutical industry has already dedicated $50 million to defeat this ballot initiative. Their greed has no end.'

Clinton?

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Targeting Big Pharma Price Gouging, Sanders Backs California Ballot Fight (Original Post) Ferd Berfel May 2016 OP

knr snagglepuss May 2016 #1

K&R silvershadow May 2016 #2

When you take their millions, you've gotta take their side... AzDar May 2016 #3

The first SCOTUS case holding advertising was protected speech involved drug prices. merrily May 2016 #4

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)

1. knr

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Tue May 10, 2016, 05:35 PM

May 2016

silvershadow

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2. K&R

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Tue May 10, 2016, 05:37 PM

May 2016

AzDar

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3. When you take their millions, you've gotta take their side...

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Tue May 10, 2016, 05:40 PM

May 2016

merrily

(45,251 posts)

4. The first SCOTUS case holding advertising was protected speech involved drug prices.

Reply to Ferd Berfel (Original post)

Tue May 10, 2016, 05:41 PM

May 2016

Prior to that, the pharmacy professional associations prohibited all advertising.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_State_Pharmacy_Board_v._Virginia_Citizens_Consumer_Council

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