Nov 25, 2021

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McKinsey taught Big Pharma how to price-gouge

Leaked slides document the lies, sleaze and profiteering.

Americans pay 300% more for their medicine than people in other wealthy countries, thanks to the dirty tricks, lies and profiteering of the pharma industry. As part of its investigation into this, the House Oversight Committee is looking into the role that archvillain “consultants” McKinsey…

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