Fight Big Pharma's Greed

FIGHT BIG PHARMA’S GREED!
Picket, Rally & March to Confront Drug Industry Greed and Political Influence

Join with nurses, doctors, medical students, and consumers to call-out drug company greed, price-gouging, and profiteering that’s blocking our access to necessary meds. Challenge moves by corporate giants to stop guaranteed health care for all (single payer) from moving forward in Congress and the New York State Legislature.

Picket & March

11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon - Picket in front of Pfizer HQ, 235 E. 42nd St., cor. 2nd Ave.

12:00 - 12:30 PM - March on sidewalk to 42nd & 5th Ave.

12:30 - 1:00 PM - Picket along 5th Ave. between 40th & 42nd St. (near Public Library)

Why #BigPharma’s time is up!

• The drug industry is among the most profitable in the world, far more so than most Fortune 500 sectors.

• Drug companies charge prices far higher in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world, even though they make good profits on their products everywhere.

• At the start of 2019, drug companies raised their prices by 6.3% on average. Pfizer alone raise the prices of more than 40 drugs.

• Drug companies rip-off patients in the U.S. because they can, because our government refuses to stop their profiteering and price gouging. The industry buys our government through huge election campaign donations, and hires legions of lobbyists to shape and block legislation. The industry deploys 3 lobbyists for every one member of Congress.

• #BigPharma has joined forces with their allies in #BigInsurance and #BigMedicine to oppose moves toward a single-payer universal health care program so that they all can maintain their joint dominance over our healthcare system to protect and increase their profits.

• Meanwhile, many patients go without or limit the medicines they need because they can’t afford them, and people suffer with continued illness and some even die.