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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 – Ahead of next week’s hearing with Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Jørgensen, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), today announced that CEOs of major generic pharmaceutical companies are willing to sell Ozempic to Americans for less than $100 per month at a profit. Novo Nordisk currently charges Americans with

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today held a discussion with experts on the outrageously high cost of diabetes and weight-loss drugs in America. At the meeting – which comes ahead of the committee hearing Sanders will be leading next week on the same issue –

Physicians and health professionals from around the country demanded that Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly make their novel diabetes and obesity medications affordable and accessible to all. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 – Ahead of next week’s hearing, which will focus on the outrageously high prices that Novo Nordisk charges Americans for their blockbuster drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.),

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), tomorrow will hold a discussion with experts on the outrageously high cost of diabetes and weight-loss drugs in America. At the meeting – which comes ahead of the committee hearing Sanders will be leading next week on the same issue

“This is a clear pattern. These are not mistakes. This is policy: shoot first, ask no questions later…The United States cannot continue to turn a blind eye to the illegal actions of the extremist Israeli government. We cannot allow American citizens and innocent Palestinians to be killed with impunity. We must act.” WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

Dr. Ralph de la Torre failed to comply with Congressional Subpoena WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Ranking Member Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) today announced that, in light of Steward CEO Dr. Ralph de la Torre’s failure to comply with the committee’s subpoena and absence from