Posted on 09/07/2021 12:00:26 PM PDT by mykroar
HEATHER BRESCH, the former president and CEO of the drugmaker Mylan, worked directly with the CEO of Pfizer to keep prices of the company’s EpiPen product artificially high, according to new documents released as part of an ongoing lawsuit.
The documents also show Bresch approving a scheme to force customers, captured by the company’s monopoly, to purchase two EpiPens at once, regardless of medical need. The EpiPen is an auto-injectable device that injects epinephrine into the body and can be the difference between life or death for a person suffering a severe allergic reaction.
The documents were released as part of an ongoing antitrust suit in federal court. In June, Judge Daniel Crabtree issued a summary judgment partially siding with Mylan and partially siding with the plaintiffs, meaning the case goes on. Late last week, the judge unsealed some of the documents underlying the plaintiffs’ case.
Among the documents is an email sent on behalf of Bresch, who is the daughter of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., to her counterpart at Pfizer, then-CEO Ian Read. In the email, sent in January 2011, Bresch confirms a previous discussion with Read in which she says that the two agreed that as part of a deal, Pfizer would disinvest from its EpiPen competitor, Adrenaclick. Eliminating its main competitor would then allow Mylan to continue raising its prices.
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These people are murderers.
The intercept is a Soros publication. This is a direct threat from Soros. I hope it backfires. Manchin could tell Soros, “Screw you” and switch parties.
God I love our media!
I thought some other politician’s daughter was involved as well...
It should be scaffolds and ropes for these people not knives.
Our man Manchin is now in trouble! The rats want him OUT notwithstanding being a rat!
At least Sinema doesn’t have children...
These corrupt evil people impede the free market whenever they can. The collude together at the expense of patients in order to create monopolies which artificially inflates price and lowers quality. They are good socialists
Joe probably has a piece of that.
>> and switch parties.
WV can do far better.
My thoughts exactly!
The relationships between politicians, their families and industry executives and board members is incestuous.
John Kerry has had daughters involved in critical matters too. For years.
Heather Bresch is married to a Jones Day lawyer. Have a feeling she’s not too worried.
I heard rumors about Creepy Joe’s son being in some scandals in Ukraine and China, but nothing ever came of it.
See what happens when you don't play the Washington DC corruption game?
This is how "Mercantilism" works in practice.
And you are including me in this because...?
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