Opinion | What If Trial Participants Knew Their Contributions Were for Naught?
Gamertsfelder is a clinical and policy researcher. Osipenko leads a non-profit dedicated to improving the quality and integrity of clinical research. I am greeted with a tired smile when I arrive to conduct my weekly clinical trial visit. For some of my home-based participants, I am the only face they have seen all week. Each […]
NC Nonprofit Hospital Execs Made Over $1.75B Since 2010, Report Shows
Over the past decade, CEOs and other top executives at North Carolina’s nonprofit hospitals raked in massive amounts of money as worker wages were stymied, medical debt mounted, and a lack of transparency persisted, according to a new report. Nonprofit hospitals in the state paid their top executives more than $1.75 billion from 2010 to […]
HCA Healthcare Faces Second Antitrust Lawsuit in North Carolina
Across western North Carolina, frustrations linger following HCA Healthcare’s acquisition of the nonprofit Mission Health in 2019. Now, the city of Brevard has filed an antitrust lawsuit against HCA — the second of its kind in less than a year — alleging that the sprawling, Nashville, Tennessee-based system has hurt competition in local markets and […]
Scientific-Integrity Watchdog Slaps Lawsuit on Maker of Homeopathic Pills
A nonprofit scientific advocacy group sued Boiron last week for deceptively marketing its homeopathic products, legal documents show. The Center for Inquiry (CFI) filed the lawsuit Thursday against Boiron, a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer that sells homeopathic treatments, claiming that the company deceives customers about the nature and effectiveness of its products. The complaint alleges that Boiron […]