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Search results for "The FDA won't tell Americans where their generic drugs are made"

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Vicky Hartzler stated on May 07, 2020 in a letter to the president:
"Right now, China controls 80% of all ingredients and raw materials going into our generic prescription drugs."
By Anna Peterson• May 28, 2020
Daily Caller stated on September 19, 2016 in an article in the Daily Caller:
"Former President Bill Clinton and his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) distributed ‘watered-down’ HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa."
By Jon Greenberg• September 23, 2016
Rick Perry stated on November 02, 2010 in Rick Perry's book, "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington":
Says the federal government restricts "how much salt we can put on our food."
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 6, 2010
Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2023 in a campaign video:
“Under ‘Crooked Joe’ Biden, there has been a catastrophic increase in shortages of essential medicines.”
By Michelle Andrews• October 2, 2023
Martin Shkreli stated on September 21, 2015 in comments on Bloomberg TV:
"Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers."  
By Linda Qiu• September 24, 2015
Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"Huge! Results From Breaking Chloroquine Study Show 100% Cure Rate For Patients Infected With The Coronavirus."
By Tom Kertscher• March 23, 2020
Tammy Baldwin stated on February 01, 2024 in Facebook post:
“Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”
By D.L. Davis• February 23, 2024
Bill Clinton stated on July 26, 2016 in a post on Medium:
Says Hillary Clinton tripled the number of people with AIDS whose "lives are being saved .. and it did not cost you any more money."
By Jon Greenberg• August 10, 2016
Michele Bachmann stated on July 24, 2011 in a prepared statement:
Says Tim Pawlenty said in 2006, "The era of small government is over... the government has to be more proactive and more aggressive."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 26, 2011
Instagram posts stated on October 25, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Proposed Senate bill would give FDA power to approve dietary supplements and “ban herbs.”
By Jeff Cercone• October 27, 2022
Amy Klobuchar stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall event for Democratic presidential candidates:
"Big pharmaceuticals pay off — they literally pay off — generics to keep the prices and the competition off the market."
By Emmarie Huetteman• April 25, 2019
Doctors Without Borders stated on July 21, 2016 in a press release:
Trade deals threaten "India’s role as the pharmacy of the developing world" for new HIV medicines.
By Jon Greenberg• August 3, 2016
Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his State of the Union:
Last year, "for the first time in 51 years, the cost of prescription drugs actually went down."
By Shefali Luthra• February 5, 2020
Donna Howard stated on February 27, 2017 in a Facebook Live interview with Austin bureau reporters for the Dallas Morning News:
Says condoms "used to be tax-exempt here in Texas."
By W. Gardner Selby• March 10, 2017
John McCain stated on July 07, 2008 in remarks to reporters by campaign adviser Carly Fiorina in Washington, D.C.:
"There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won't cover birth-control medication."
By Kris Hundley• July 16, 2008
The Partnership for Safe Medicines stated on April 18, 2019 in a TV ad:
Florida state senators "are pushing a new government program that allows prescription drugs from China without FDA inspection."
By Amy Sherman• April 25, 2019
Mick Mulvaney stated on April 07, 2019 in in a interview during Fox News Sunday:
"Drug prices in this country actually came down last year for the first time in 50 years. That’s because Donald Trump’s president." 
By Shefali Luthra• April 15, 2019
Bernie Sanders stated on October 03, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"The pharmaceutical industry has 1,400 lobbyists on Capitol Hill right now trying to stop" Medicare drug price negotiation.
By Louis Jacobson• October 5, 2021
John McCain stated on September 08, 2008 in a TV ad:
John McCain "took on the drug industry."
By Adriel Bettelheim• September 9, 2008
Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in an image:
Says the governors of Michigan, New York and Nevada “have issued orders banning the prescription of hydroxychloroquine to patients with COVID-19.”
By Daniel Funke• April 2, 2020

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