Author: Erin Elizabeth

(Editor’s Note: Did you know that the New Chapter brand was owned by P&G, a company famous for their animal testing? Yet another reason to always read the label!) In 2012, P&G acquired the brand New Chapter and it’s founders- Paul and Barbi Schulick – stayed on to lead the brand. However, they recently severed their ties with the brand saying the “financial pressures to accelerate profits”1 meant they could no longer- in good conscience- continue to associate themselves with the brand. RELATED STORY: Alternative Medicine Isn’t Really That Alternative- a Holistic Nurse’s View While the acquisition was initially profitable,...

Nirmal Mulye, the founder and president of Nostrum Pharmaceuticals, recently told the Financial Times that his company had a “moral requirement” 2 to sell a specific drug”3at the highest price.” The drug, an antibiotic mixture called nitrofurantoin, was raised from about $500 per bottle to more than $2,300. The WHO calls the drug an “essential” medicine for lower urinary tract infections. RELATED STORY: NBC: Senator accuses the FDA of withholding weed killer information Disgusting. Mulye said, “I think it is a moral requirement to make money when you can, to sell the product for the highest price. I agree with Martin Shkreli that...