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Investigations of Repórter Brasil about the pharmaceutical industry reveal strategies to maximize profits and secure millionaire contracts with the federal government
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How the exclusivity of the United States in the sale of an hepatitis C medicine is preventing national manufacture and raising prices in Brazil
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As the proposal is criticized by businessmen from the national pharmaceutical industry, the association that represents multinational corporations supports the measure
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A study by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro estimates that government will waste 3.8 billion BRL in 10 years due to the delay in the evaluation of pharmaceutical patent applications
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Brazil’s Federal Prosecution Service and the Federal Audit Court investigate public purchases of medication produced by the Swiss company Roche and hint losses due to possible overprice
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The departure of Cuban doctors from the ‘Mais Médicos’ program in November 2018 and the cut in funds from the Ministry of Health left native people without healthcare
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Among the 356 funded candidates is governor João Doria. Owner of laboratories and elected as a substitute senator, Ogari Pacheco says he will defend the interests of the sector
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