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The problem with high drug prices isn’t ‘foreign freeloading,’ it’s the patent system

June 27, 2018

Via: CNBC

Americans continue to suffer the highest prescription drug costs of anyone in the world. One in four are unable to fill prescriptions due to high prices, according to a recent poll. And even though drug prices tripled over the last […]


Regulatory

White House: Trump’s drug pricing plan will make rest of the world pay its fair share

June 6, 2018

Via: CNBC

Drug affordability is rightly a top concern for Americans. President Trump recently launched an unprecedented effort to fix this problem with a proposal to tackle excessively high drug prices while still preserving incentives for medical innovation, which ensures better future […]


Regulatory

As states target high drug prices, pharma targets state lawmakers

February 1, 2018

Via: The Medical News

It was expected to be a perfunctory statehouse meeting — three lobbyists and a legislator discussing a proposal to educate Louisiana doctors about the price of drugs they prescribe. The bill seemed like a no-brainer in a country where even […]