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— 7 entries in the record.
7
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Aug 27, 2007
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Jan 1, 2023
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2007 · 1 event
2012 · 1 event
2013 · 1 event
2015 · 1 event
2020 · 2 events
2023 · 1 event
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2023-01-01
Cancer Drug Shortage Crisis Enables Gray Market Profiteering - Carboplatin Price Jumps from $50 to $500 Per Vial
Big Pharma · Teva Pharmaceuticals · Food and Drug Administration · Gray Market Vendors · +1
confirmed
2020-06-09
Federal Government Awards Billions in No-Bid COVID PPE Contracts, Often to Politically Connected Companies
Trump Administration · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · U.S. Department of Justice · Congressional Oversight
confirmed
2020-04-03
Trump Uses DPA for PPE Export Ban While Allowing Domestic Profiteering and FEMA Supply Seizures
Donald Trump · Peter Navarro · Jared Kushner · 3M · +1
confirmed
2015-10-31
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Scandal Exposes Systematic Price Gouging Strategy - 3000% Increase on Syprine, Philidor Fraud Network
Valeant Pharmaceuticals · J. Michael Pearson · Philidor Rx Services · William Ackman · +3
confirmed
2013-01-01
Four Firms Control 85%+ of Multiple U.S. Industries, Documenting Oligopolistic Market Structure
Airlines · Telecom companies · Pharmaceutical companies · Agribusiness
confirmed
2012-01-01
Hospital Acquisition of Physician Practices Enables Facility Fee Price Gouging, Driving 53% Increase in Outpatient Costs
Hospital corporations · Private equity firms
confirmed
2007-08-27
Questcor Raises Acthar Gel Price from $1,600 to $23,000 Overnight - Eventually Reaching 97,000% Increase Through Bribery Scheme
Questcor Pharmaceuticals · Mallinckrodt · Federal Trade Commission · Humana · +2
confirmed