Topic: Big pharma

Pharmaceutical CBD bill heads to Colorado governor

• GW Pharmaceuticals’ CEO talks Epidiolex, future of cannabidiol medicine
• CBD could be in the fast lane to Colorado pharmacies
• Global pharmaceutical giant Novartis teams up with billionaire-backed Canadian marijuana startup
• Cannabis descheduling not one of pharma giant’s “core priorities”
• White House opioid commission rejects medical marijuana as pain relief option
• Pharma CEO who funded anti-cannabis campaign accused of giving docs kickbacks to prescribe opioids
• Congress demands answers from DEA on spread of opioids
• Can President Trump solve the opioid epidemic?
• “People die”: Former DEA division chief fought big pharma and lost
• Trump’s drug czar nominee withdraws after big pharma flap
• Trump calls drug czar pick “a great guy” but he will “look into” connections to big pharma
• How Congress helped drug company lobbyists derail the DEA’s war on opioids
• New Jersey sues painkiller company, calling its methods “evil”
• Pennsylvania, Kentucky counties sue drug companies over opioid marketing
• To solve the opioid crisis, go after Big Pharma, not drug users
• Study: Doctors received more than $46 million from opioid companies
• How Big Pharma is hindering treatment of the opioid addiction epidemic
• New Hampshire sues OxyContin manufacturer for role in opioid crisis
• Missouri sues three big pharma companies for “campaign of fraud and deception”
• Pursuit of opioid crisis accountability has taken a promising turn
• Maine joins 5 other states in investigation of opioid companies
• Report: Medical marijuana could poach more than $4B from pharma sales annually
• Why pharma sees potential in marijuana, and the hurdles it needs to overcome