How One Man Fought A Pharmaceutical Monopoly
August 19, 2025
44 min
Full
45 of 87
August 19, 2025
How One Man Fought A Pharmaceutical Monopoly
0:00 / 44:31
Excerpt playback isn’t available for this episode — use the full-episode link.
Search the Record
Moment search isn’t open for this episode yet
When it opens, you’ll be able to type any phrase and jump straight to the second it was said.
Organized Money Episodes Around August 19, 2025
Episode 45 of 87 — walk the feed in the order it was published.
How One Man Fought A Pharmaceutical Monopoly
Summary
Organized Money is on vacation this week, but we still have a fantastic monopoly story for you. Around the globe, tuberculosis kills more people than any other infectious disease, despite the fact that it's treatable. This episode is about a drug that would otherwise save lives, but is so expensive that many of the people who desperately need it, can't afford it. The reason is because of the ways healthcare companies keep the price of drugs high via patents and loopholes, both here and abroad...
Episode details and artwork are published by the show’s own feed. Sentinel plays short cited excerpts and links every episode back to its publisher.