Real Stories, Real People
Patient Testimonies
As patients, we have the power.
My name is Sneha Dave, I am the executive director of the Health Advocacy Summit. I am 22 years old, a lover of the outdoors, and an ulcerative colitis patient. It started for me when I was six years old, had to use the restroom frequently, and was having abnormal symptoms. My mom took me […]
Patient Testimonies
I live at the mercy of drug prices.
My name is Brad and I’m a publishing director living in Santa Cruz, California. I was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as an infant and I received a double-lung transplant in January 2017. Today, I live at the mercy of immunosuppressive medications that prevent my immune system from destroying my lungs. Thanks to these medications’ steep […]
Patient Testimonies
These drugs could save her life.
by DON KREIS, CF Dad, New Hampshire If you own Boardwalk and Park Place, you rule the world. That’s one of the many lessons I’ve learned from my daughter Rose – who, at 18, is living and thriving with cystic fibrosis. Rose is a scholar who is off to Bowdoin College in Maine this fall. […]
Patient Testimonies
Wall Street and Big Pharma Team Up To Push High Prices For COVID-19 Treatments and Vaccines
BY DAVID MITCHELL AND JULIANA KEEPING As COVID-19 ground the U.S. economy to a halt, one sector has remained invigorated by the promise of huge profits: Wall Street. Investors and analysts are hard at work pushing for the highest possible prices on COVID-19 treatments and vaccines and the profits that will follow. Yes, it’s business […]
Patient Testimonies
P4AD's David Mitchell in Conversation with Author Gerald Posner
Gerald Posner is an attorney, author, and award-winning investigative journalist. His latest book is Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America. The Christian Science Monitor calls it “a staggering indictment of pharmaceutical companies.” The New York Times says it is “a withering and encyclopedic indictment of a drug industry that often seems to prioritize […]
Patient Testimonies
My name is Karolina and I live in Boston, Massachusetts. I am a journalist, the editorial director of a Boston art collective called Hourglass, a skincare and ethical fashion fiend, travel fanatic, and since the age of 10, I have also been living with Crohn’s Disease. When I was first diagnosed with Crohn’s, I spent […]
Patient Testimonies
My name is Stephanie and I am a resident of Kansas. My journey with high drug prices started when my son Ryan was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in August of 2018. He went from being a healthy kid to insulin dependent basically overnight. As the owner of a small business, my family did not […]
Patient Testimonies
My name is Mark and I am from a small town in Illinois. My wife, Lana, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer, in 2014. It is treatable, but there is no cure. In May 2015, I retired early at age 62 to help provide care and support for my wife while she […]