Public Citizen's Zain Rizvi tells Democracy how we let a handful of pharmaceutical companies turn the people's vaccine into the rich people's vaccine during a once-in-a-century public health crisis—and how we can turn things around.
After decades of price gouging, a lack of access to essential medicines, and millions of unnecessary deaths, it's time for science in the public interest.
Americans are slowly waking up to the oppressive influence of the pharmaceutical industry on out-of-control drug prices. So why aren't we doing more to stop them?