Sentences with phrase «control drug prices»

You might recall EpiPen as last year's poster child for out - of - control drug prices.

I think that type of talk is mostly political rhetoric rather than something that will lead to actual legislation to control drug prices.

Meanwhile, despite much talk about change, Congress and the Trump administration have done little to control drug prices or threaten drug - company profits.

Trump's move bore out a warning from Allergan CEO Brent Saunders late last year, as many in the industry assumed that the newly elected president would be kinder to pharma than his opponent Hillary Clinton, who'd laid out several proposals for controlling drug prices.

Not exact matches

As the issue of drug - price gouging became part of the political discussion, the documents show that Turing's board sought advice on how to control the damage and frame a decision to cut the price in some instances.

At the end of the day, drug makers are allowed to price their products however they want to in the U.S. Barring some of the regulatory reforms that Trump has previously proposed but have an extremely rocky path through a GOP - controlled Congress, it's difficult to see the more subtle price hike dynamic change.

In particular, Bozarth said, the drug giant is concerned about a range of potential proposals that would weaken intellectual property protections, impose price controls, or require manufacturers to disclose proprietary information.

More health plans and employers are signing up with pharmacy benefit managers like CVS Health (cvs) and Express Scripts (esrx), which control the list of drugs those insurance plans will cover, increasingly restricting patients from taking unreasonably high - priced drugs.

«The manufacturer of a drug has no influence or control over the prices charged by a secondary wholesaler to a hospital or pharmacy,» reads part of a statement on the PhRMA web site, the industry's trade association group.

But Trump's assertion that the federal government must start a bidding process for drugs in order to control prices and spending could very well invite similar criticisms from political opponents and the well - funded drug industry.

By bringing a drug that's been well - established as safe in other markets to the U.S. for the first time in order to treat a rare disease, the company doesn't just control its pricing destiny — it will also receive a coveted «priority review voucher» which it can hawk to another firm for tens (or even hundreds) of millions of dollars.

If dollars were votes, big pharma would be beating California's controversial drug - price control ballot measure Proposition 61 by a margin of about 7 - 1.

The NEJM letter also analyzed the use of two drugs that remained stable in price over that time period, as a control group — nitroglycerin and dobutamine.

Bayer said in a statement that it doesn't control the cost for patients at the pharmacy, because copays are determined by insurers and pharmacy - benefit managers — an argument that pharmaceuticals companies have long made when facing criticism over drug prices.

Later in the year, he told his cabinet that «prescription drug prices are out of control.

Drug makers are worried about a proposed new German law that would tighten price controls on prescription drugs.

William Bennett, director of the National Office of Drug Control Policy, hopes that interdiction will raise drug priDrug Control Policy, hopes that interdiction will raise drug pridrug prices.

«Factors which influence the price of controlled drugs in the illicit trade are complex.

A pharmaceutical research group is launching a campaign against Cuomo's proposal to control the price of prescription drugs, saying it will do nothing to improve patient access to prescriptions while threatening research and development.

«Where you need the drug, sometimes to live, and they control the price and it is a monopoly.»

Cuomo's prescription drug plan would use the buying power of New York's vast Medicaid system to cap prices through the implementation of a state control board.

After controlling for other factors, a generic drug in the highest marketing competition group was expected to see a decrease of 32 percent in price over the study period, while a generic drug in the lowest market competition was expected to see a price increase of 47 percent over the same period.

Other actions recommended by respondents include showing social and environmental responsibility — by doing charity work, for example; fostering more collaborative research and funding more research; controlling costs and lowering drug prices; and demonstrating a commitment to safety.

The Bidens» wish list ranges from giving patients more control over their medical data to launching «a national conversation» about cancer drug pricing.

Other recommended actions include more research, especially collaborative work, and more funding for that research; practicing integrity and high ethics; and controlling costs in such a way as to reduce the prices of drugs.

Worse still, drugs are cheaper in France than in other countries because of the government's tight price controls.

Price now takes the helm of a $ 1 trillion government department that includes the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

However, the introduction of powerful drug - based flea control came with a price — serious side effects.

The PMPRB regime controls excessive prices by patentees who have arguably carved out monopolies on a drug even where they are not actually commercializing such monopolies.

Representation of a trade association in a successful preemption and Commerce Clause challenge to District of Columbia legislation imposing price controls on patented prescription drugs

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Ontario has used that regulatory authority to impose price controls along the drug supply chain.

A recent poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that the public cares more about controlling the high price of prescription drugs than making changes to the controversial Affordable Care Act.

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