NEWS: Sanders Responds to FTC’s Efforts to Target ‘Junk’ Ozempic Patents

WASHINGTON, April 30 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement after Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan announced that the FTC is taking action against the bogus patents Novo Nordisk filed to keep the outrageous price of Ozempic artificially high: Let me commend the Federal

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NEWS: Sanders Urges Global Pharmaceutical Industry Leaders: Prioritize Public Health Over Private Profits as Pandemic Accord Negotiations Enter Final Phase

WASHINGTON, April 25 — As negotiations continue at the World Health Organization (WHO) to establish the Pandemic Accord, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to the leaders of the international global pharmaceutical industry, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) President Albert Bourla and Director General David Reddy, to reconsider their

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NEWS: Sanders Responds to Netanyahu’s Claim that Criticism of the Israeli Government’s Policies is Antisemitic

WASHINGTON, April 25 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement in response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s claim yesterday that criticism of the Israeli government’s policies is antisemitic: No, Mr. Netanyahu. It is not antisemitic or pro-Hamas to point out that in a little over six months your extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians and wounded more

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NEWS: Chairman Sanders Launches Investigation into Outrageously High Price of Ozempic and Wegovy in the United States

WASHINGTON, April 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today sent a letter to the CEO of Novo Nordisk, launching an investigation into the outrageously high prices his pharmaceutical company is charging for Ozempic and Wegovy in the United States. In his letter, Chairman Sanders wrote, “The scientists at Novo Nordisk deserve

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NEWS: Sanders Statement on ‘Dark Day’ in U.S. Senate

WASHINGTON, April 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement regarding his NO vote on the $95 billion foreign aid package that passed the Senate: I voted no tonight on the foreign aid package for one simple reason: U.S. taxpayers should not be providing billions more to the extremist Netanyahu government to continue its devastating war against

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