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Drug Pricing
Big Pharma Company Stalled Tuberculosis Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits
Allowing a potentially lifesaving vaccine to languish shows the distressing reality of public health vaccine creation.
Federal Judge Blocks Big Pharma Attempt to Stop Medicare Drug Price Negotiation
The judge noted that drug companies are not forced to participate in Medicare.
Industry-Funded Republicans Parrot Big Pharma on Drug Price Negotiations
The claim that curbing costs would stifle innovation is debunked, but that hasn’t stopped the GOP from spreading it.
White House Announces First 10 Drugs Big Pharma Will Have to Negotiate Costs On
The new negotiation rules were passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, which Biden signed into law last year.
A New Report Shows How Big Pharma Is Price Gouging Cancer Patients
Many with cancer in the U.S. may soon see long-overdue relief thanks to provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Sanders Will Block Health Nominees Until Biden Offers Plan to Lower Drug Prices
As chair of the Senate HELP Committee, Sanders has the unilateral power to block health-related nominees.
Sanders Reintroduces Proposal to Slash Medicare Drug Prices in Half
“There is no rational reason, other than greed, for Medicare to pay twice as much” for drugs, Sanders said.
Big Pharma and GOP Open About Plans to Obstruct Medicare Drug Price Reforms
While the reforms are less ambitious than what progressives wanted, they could still have a significant impact on costs.
Pharma Claims Drug Price Reform Hurts Innovation. Experts Say That’s “Bullshit.”
As the Senate moved to adopt modest drug pricing negotiation measures, pharmaceutical companies made specious arguments.
Pharma Complains of “Tragic Loss” as Dems Take Modest Action to Curb Drug Prices
The Inflation Reduction Act requires Medicare to negotiate the prices of a small number of prescription drugs.