White House officials have a plan to ramp up the availability of Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid, according to a report from Bloomberg. White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said that the administration would announce more details about the plans to make Paxlovid more widely available in the coming week. The administration plans to launch…
DOJ sues Walmart over its alleged role in opioid crisis
The Trump administration sued Walmart (NYSE: WMT), faulting the company for filling prescriptions from “pill-mill” physicians. The Justice Department lawsuit also alleges that Walmart attempted to maximize profits by understaffing pharmacies and emphasizing the quantity of prescriptions over quality control in its 5,000-plus retail locations across the U.S. The U.S. lawsuit also argues that Walmart lacks…