Tag: prescription drugs

When patents can be worth enormous sums of money, companies will find ways to abuse the system.

The new campaign is calling on President Biden to take executive action to lower drug prices.

"Outrageously high prescription drug prices are now even higher."

"Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and then reinvesting those savings back into the program to expand services further strengthens our path towards universal coverage for all."

"FDA has tools that could mitigate opioid risks more effectively if the agency would be more assertive in using its power to control opioid prescribing, manufacturing, and distribution."

34 million adults know someone who died after not getting the necessary treatment because of affordability.

"The egregious price set by Catalyst cannot be allowed to stand. Patients in America should not be allowed to suffer or die because of the greed of a drug company."

“The American public shouldn’t be subsidizing Big Pharma’s ads which is why my legislation would close this egregious loophole.”

“The solution here is not to replace markets, but to fix them. The Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act will introduce more competition into the prescription drug market, and bring down prices for consumers.”

All too often, a shortage means that doctors cannot give the right drugs to patients when needed.