House Committees Hold Hearings on Bill to Allow Medicare to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices
This week, two House committees held hearings on bills to give Medicare the power to negotiate with drug companies for lower drug prices....
House Subcommittee Shows How Drug Companies Game The System to Keep Prices High
Yesterday the House Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce held a hearing on how drug companies use gimmicks and loopholes to...
Senators Urge FTC to Carefully Examine Big Pharma Mergers, Worry That Deals Will Harm Competition an
Yesterday, September 17, 2019, eight U.S. Senators sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging it to thoroughly...
Consumer Groups and Unions Express Concerns About AbbVie-Allergan Merger, Urge the FTC to Conduct a
Yesterday, a coalition of over a dozen consumer groups and unions sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) expressing concerns...
Pelosi's Draft Plan Would Negotiate Prices for Hundreds of Drugs. It Is An Excellent Beginning
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's draft plan to lower prescription drug costs would give the federal government the power to negotiate lower prices...
Upcoming Patent Bill Will Make Our Patent System Worse And Increase Drug Costs
Patent abuse by companies has become an increasingly serious problem over the last couple of decades, and leads to reduced competition,...
Judge Approves CVS-Aetna Merger
Judge Richard Leon, who was reviewing the Department of Justice's decision to allow the pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) CVS...
New Prescriptions Drugs Work Miracles for Patients, But Their Prices Must Be Brought Down
Pharmaceutical innovation has led to the development of incredible new prescription drugs that can treat many diseases and ensure that...
