Senate panel probes drug price hikes by Turing Valeant and others
A Senate aging committee seeks documents from Turing Pharmaceuticals Valeant Retrophin Inc and Rodelis Therapeutics as it presses for a face to face with CEO Martin Shkreli amid pricing spikes Daraprim rose over five thousand percent since acquisition and other drugs show sharp increases Retrophin faces questions over Thiola pricing and Rodelis over a tuberculosis drug price surge Dems push for hearings and subpoenas while Valeant stock slides amid broader pricing scrutiny
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Special Committee On Aging
Turing
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Martin Shkreli
Shkreli
House of Representatives
Valeant
House Oversight Committee
Congress
U.S
Susan Collins
Rlaine
Claire McCaskill
D-Mo
Collins
McCaskill
Retrophin Inc
Rodelis Therapeutics
San Diego
Alpharetta
Retrophin
Rodelis
Ing Co
Quebec
Philidor Rx
Philidor
Legal test for Obama power plant rules moves to courts
The Clean Power Plan faces a flood of lawsuits and stay motions in the DC Circuit with 26 states utilities and unions opposing. West Virginia leads the challenge arguing EPA overstepped under 111d while environmental groups and 15 states back the rule. Major industry groups warn the plan reshapes energy policy and could shutter coal units amid market pressures.
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Oklahoma
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National Mining Association
American Coalition For Clean Coal Electricity
Murray Energy Corp
Mats
Ity Czar
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
Utility Air Regulation Group
American Public Power Association
United Mine Workers and International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Judge contests limits on medical marijuana in federal ruling
A San Francisco federal judge rebuked the Justice Department for its narrow reading of a statute banning funds to block state medical marijuana laws. The ruling intensifies the clash between federal drug controls and states allowing medical use, as Ohio voters reject a marijuana constitutional amendment.
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