Anybody hearing the deceptive ads on XM Radio regarding lowering drug prices?

[MontanaMama]

I was listening to XM while mowing the lawn and I hear an ad paid for by Pharma.com describing the ongoing research for diseases such as Alzheimer's and cancer and how much of that research will cease if Congress is allowed to pass legislation lowering drug prices. RUFKM? Maybe you've all heard these ads but this was new for me. Big pharma basically blackmailing people into accepting outrageous drug prices in exchange for research to cure diseases that have ruined millions lives. Deplorable.

Here's an article about the ads running in NV: https://rollcall.com/2022/07/29/groups-launch-last-ditch-effort-against-drug-pricing-changes/

I haven't heard the ads on terrestrial radio, yet. Maybe the passage of the IRA will make this go away.

[sop]

1. Those big pharma fear ads have been running on local cable and broadcast channels here in Fla.

They're actually threatening people. Deplorable is putting it mildly.

[MontanaMama]

2. I was floored when I heard it.

I don't watch much tv and I don't listen to regular radio so it blindsided me. You're correct...they are threatening people.

[inthewind21]

5. And

it will work. There will be a huge swath of the public that will buy it hook line and sinker.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Why I cut off Sirius. Too much talk, even on the 'music' channels. Blah blah.

[redstatebluegirl]

4. Those fear ads are running on cable as well.

My husband laughed out loud when he saw one of them. He said there was zero chance they would stop developing new drugs for the market. Money money money people. Big Pharma is the worst ever!

[Effete Snob]

6. Gas mower, or electric?

[MontanaMama]

8. I wish I had electric.

Gas…I’ve got a third of an acre in lawn and just need to be able to get it done.

[Effete Snob]

13. How are you listening to the radio?

You’re not damaging your ears, are you?

[MontanaMama]

15. Oh! Now I get it...

With AirPods via XM radio on my phone in my pocket.

[Effete Snob]

21. Do you have to turn them up to hear?

Or do they have some kind of ambient noise reduction?

[MontanaMama]

23. They're noise canceling pods.

Not perfect but pretty good at cancelling the mower’s noise. I had regular air pods but these are much better.

[Beaverhausen]

7. CEO Salaries for the Top 20 Pharma Companies

https://www.biospace.com/article/ceo-salaries-for-the-top-pharma-companies-by-market-cap/

Executives at pharmaceutical companies are known for receiving large salaries. When bonuses and stock options are factored into the picture, their annual compensation can jump into the range of tens of millions of dollars, like Pfizer’s Albert Bourla, Alex Gorsky from Johnson & Johnson, and AstraZeneca’s Pascal Soriot.

Over the past several weeks, life sciences and biopharma companies have been filing year-end reports that include the total compensation for CEOs and other members of the executive teams received for 2020. As BioSpace reported earlier this month, CEOs of companies that have developed vaccines for the COVID-19 pandemic saw boosts in their annual compensation.

The bulk of the increases have come in the form of bonuses and stock options. For example, Ugur Sahin, CEO of Germany’s BioNTech, earned the majority of his $7.4 million compensation through stock options. Sahin is the sole shareholder of a German firm that controls an 18% stake in BioNTech.

After the vaccine developed by his company and Pfizer was authorized across the globe against COVID-19, Sahin became one of the world’s 500 richest people in the world. Sahin’s net worth increased to $5.1 billion after inking a developmental deal with Pfizer and vaccine distribution deals, making him the 493rd-richest person on the planet.

[MontanaMama]

9. Holy buckets.

I’m not surprised and that’s exactly why we need lower drug prices. This is out of control.

[Hekate]

10. Seeing it on cable tv

[Wounded Bear]

11. Been seeing them on TV as well...

those poor Pharma companies just can't make ends meet, you know. Charging less for drugs will certainly drive them out of business.

[Midnight Writer]

12. And corporations will have to fire all of their workers if they don't get enough tax breaks.

[Meowmee]

14. Yes I heard them on radio in my car

And they are on tv as well. I also heard an ad on radio for a crazy so called “pro life” group stating that prochoice groups are promoting eugenics etc.

[MontanaMama]

17. JFC!

What???

[Meowmee]

18. Yep

I couldn’t believe it but my brother said he had heard that before elsewhere. I think I have as well come to think of it.

[MontanaMama]

19. That makes me so mad.

I had no idea. That’s why I’m asking people about it. I thought I was hearing things.

[Meowmee]

20. No it's for real

[we can do it]

16. Nope, I won't pay for that shit.

[USALiberal]

22. XM radio has ads? What channel?

[MontanaMama]

24. I was listening to msnbc on XM.

Channel 118.