Peeved by price gouging and shortages, hospitals will now make their own drugs

Enlarge / Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli. Jail for him, competition for his kind. (credit: Getty | Drew Angerer ) For four of the country’s largest hospital systems, enough is enough. Sick of drug companies’ eye-popping price hikes and ridiculous shortages, the feisty hospital systems announced Wednesday that they’ve banded together and formed an unnamed […]

Price gouging complaints hit Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma

The Florida Attorney General’s Office has received over 140 complaints about businesses allegedly taking advantage of people’s preparations for Category 5 Hurricane Irma, which may hit the state’s southern coast this weekend. Some took to social media with screenshots from retailers, which appear to indicate drastic price hikes for goods like water and airplane tickets. […]

Amazon is under fire for reported Hurricane Irma price gouging, with ‘life-sustaining necessities’ selling for wildly inflated prices (AMZN)

Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Amazon Amazon is under fire for reportedly inflating prices as Floridians prepare for Hurricane Irma.  With local grocery stores selling out of basics such as water and other emergency supplies, many shoppers have turned to Amazon to prepare for the Category 5 storm. However, some people have been disturbed to find wildly […]