Generic Drugs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Views
3.2M
Likes
53K
Speed /h
53K
+24h
+664K
Views over time
Last 7 days of our snapshots.viralshooter analytics
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Position
- Speed percentile
- 91 / 100
- Category percentile
- 96 / 100
- ×base
- ×0.7
- Channel typical
- 4.2M · average
Dynamics
- Phase
- fading
- Acceleration
- 0.44×
- Momentum
- ×0.16
- Decay
- 0.56
- Speed half-life
- 6d
Engagement
- Like rate
- 1.66%
- Comments per 1k views
- 1.30
- Engagement rate
- 1.79%
- Views per subscriber
- 0.31×
- Crossed a language border
- No
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From the YouTube record
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- Published
- Oct 12, 2026, 6:30 AM
- Duration
- 23:52
- Category
- Entertainment
- Audio language
- English (en-US)
- Title language
- English (en)
- Captions
- No
- Definition
- HD
- Format
- 2D
- License
- Standard YouTube
- Licensed content
- Yes
- Embeddable
- Yes
- Made for kids
- No
- Age-restricted
- No
- Paid promotion
- No
- Public stats
- Yes
Topics
- Society
- Television program
Title and description in 1 languages
- English
Availability
Blocked in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand.
Description
John Oliver does a deep dive on generic drugs, why they’re so important, why they can be so vulnerable to shortages and quality issues, and why Kevin Bacon can’t solve everything all on his own. Subscribe to the #lastweektonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/lastweektonight Or find us on your favorite social media platform we may or may not have discussed at length on the show: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lastweektonight TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lastweektonighthbo Threads: https://www.threads.net/@lastweektonight Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lastweektonight.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lastweektonight Or visit our official site for all that other stuff at once: https://www.hbo.com/lastweektonightShow all
John Oliver does a deep dive on generic drugs, why they’re so important, why they can be so vulnerable to shortages and quality issues, and why Kevin Bacon can’t solve everything all on his own. Subscribe to the #lastweektonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/lastweektonight Or find us on your favorite social media platform we may or may not have discussed at length on the show: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lastweektonight TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lastweektonighthbo Threads: https://www.threads.net/@lastweektonight Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lastweektonight.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lastweektonight Or visit our official site for all that other stuff at once: https://www.hbo.com/lastweektonight
Top comments
@SpoopySquid
Gee it's almost as if something vital like healthcare shouldn't be treated as just another for-profit commodity
♥ 2,777 · 87 replies
@bear_jaws
I work in a pharmacy and one item that isn't discussed here is the time it takes away in a pharmacy to deal with these drug quality issues. We have 4 quality assurance pharmacists that deal with these types of reports and we are evaluated every year on how quickly we deal with these issues, including potentially needing to call thousands of patients in a few days. If we didn't deal with these issues on time we would lose our license, the manufacturer gets a slap on the wrist.
♥ 2,765 · 62 replies
@robinparker2911
My weekly dose of bad news with hopelessness is here.😊
♥ 1,315 · 18 replies
@schmoogen
I work in preclinical pharmacology rn and one thing that's never discussed is that the fillers on medications actually sometimes have drug absorption properties. So if you take multiple medications they could all be interacting with each other and no one besides the formulation teams would know.
♥ 645 · 22 replies
@bobobooii6915
its crazy how rich people have to take advantage of every aspect of life
♥ 536 · 14 replies
@binford5000
Whats most disturbing isn´t the fact that production gets outsourced overseas. It´s that there, you could run the whole operation for like 50% the cost if done properly, they CHOOSE to run it on 10% to squeese every last cent out of it.
♥ 512 · 15 replies
@AlexAnderson-kb6pc
I worked in a Walgreens Pharmacy for 4 years. Now. I work in a hospital, both in the emergency department and the lab. Drug shortages are crippling to the health system, and devastating for patients and the providers who are trying to prescribe them
♥ 247 · 7 replies
@katiekane5247
I use transdermal Buprenorphine as a part of my pain control program. The brand product is ridiculously expensive and the insurance demanded I use the generic patch, a savings of about $36/ month to the insurance company. The adhesive on the generic irritates my skin and I had noticed it didn't seem to work as well. Not until the drug wasn't found in my monthly drug screen despite using the generic as directed was the brand approved. I have to fight every 6 months and my Drs office has to spend valuable time with this recertification. THIS kind of poor quality control shouldn't be allowed.
♥ 225 · 16 replies
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