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Nearly 600 Russia-linked accounts tweeted about the health law | The Wall Street Journal
The bots sent out 10,000 tweets about the Affordable Care Act, with the majority leaning conservative.
Pharmaceuticals
Pharma chief defends 400% drug price rise as a 'moral requirement' | Financial Times
After Nostrum Laboratories quadrupled the price of an antibiotic mixture, which now costs more than $2000, the head of the company said, "I think it is a moral requirement to make money when you can."
OxyContin maker offers free opioid therapy in legal talks | Bloomberg
Purdue Pharma is giving away a new version of buprenorphine, which helps people get off opioids. Former Purdue president Richard Sackler is one of the six inventors listed on the patent on which the drug is based.
Medical devices
In hazy market for reselling diabetic test strips, Chicago company is under fire | Chicago Sun-Times
Surplus Diabetic Supplies has allegedly cheated people out of payments for their testing strips. The diabetic test strip market is largely unregulated.
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Europe just approved new copyright rules that could change the internet | CNN
The EU's new copyright bill—which still must be approved by the European Commission and member states—makes content platforms, like YouTube, liable for their users' copyright infringements. To meet the law's requirements, content platforms would need to filter users' uploads, which could lead to surveillance and censorship.
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