Study Finds All Major Pharmaceutical Companies Implicated in Bribery Schemes
A study published in February 2026 in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is the first to compile decades of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) enforcement records into a single analysis. Researchers Kohler, Khan, and Bowra reviewed OECD Working Group on Bribery reports from 1999 through early 2025 and found that virtually […]
Novartis Settles With Estate of Henrietta Lacks Over Stolen Cervical Cancer Cells
Novartis has reached a settlement with the estate of Henrietta Lacks over the use of the HeLa cell line, a line of human cells derived from tissue removed from Lacks during medical treatment for cervical cancer without her knowledge or consent. Terms of the settlement were not publicly disclosed.1 The settlement resolves claims that pharmaceutical […]
European Commission Probes Sanofi for Possible Antitrust Violations Related to Flu Shots
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi said that European Commission (EC) officials carried out unannounced inspections at its premises in France and Germany as part of an investigation into its conduct in the seasonal influenza vaccine market.1 It is not clear whether the investigation has any impact beyond Europe, but Sanofi produces influenza vaccines for the U.S. […]
Big Pharma’s Rap Sheet
It was one of those conversations you never forget. We were discussing—of all things—the Covid injections, and I was questioning the early ‘safe and effective’ claims put forward by the pharmaceutical industry. I felt suspicious of how quickly we had arrived at that point of seeming consensus despite a lack of long-term safety data. I […]
Novel Breast Cancer Vaccine Technology Receives Japanese Patent
Anixa Biosciences, Inc. of San Jose, California announced on July 17, 2024, that its collaborator, the Cleveland Clinic, has received a “Decision to Grant” notice from the Japan Patent Office (JPO) for the patent application titled “Vaccine Adjuvants and Formulations” for its novel breast cancer vaccine technology. The company is two decades into developing a […]
CDC Finds Glyphosate in Urine of Majority of Children in U.S.
A recent analysis by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that urine samples of approximately 87 percent of 650 children living in the United States had detectable levels of the weed killer pesticide glyphosate.1 What is Glyphosate? Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the U.S. in the agricultural industry […]