The contracts and contacts between drug makers and PBMs, for example, would help outsiders figure out just who's getting richest on rising drug prices. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act — or RICO — was designed as a legal cudgel to dismantle the mob, holding bosses liable for the crimes they delegate to middlemen.
And, for drug makers, potentially nerve-wracking. But it's in no one's best interest to reveal that. The day of the settlement, then-UK foreign secretary William Hague made a statement
to Parliament, saying "I would like to make clear now and for the first time, on behalf of Her Majesty's Government, that we understand the pain and grievance felt by those who were involved in the events of the Emergency in Kenya.
Some historians dismiss this modern-day legal project as futile. "Trying to judge it from a modern human rights perspective is meaningless. But because the contracts between drug makers and PBMs are protected as trade secrets, outsiders have found it impossible to adjudicate the dispute. Also, the colonial administration in Nairobi had some autonomy from the government in London.
"They're not going to resort to games or tricks that are beyond the pale. Kenyan media took note. Public speaking