Sentences with phrase «drug pricing talk»

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But the real issue on pricing is the year - on - year rises on old drugs — the deflection is to talk about new drug prices, but the sleight of hand is on the double digit rises taken every year on the portfolio staples.

When I thought about the Shkreli situation and the Valeant situation where you have folks who, in the instance of Shkreli and Turing, buy a drug that's been sold for 60 years at the price range of $ 13.50, then overnight to raise it to $ 750 per pill — and we're talking about life - saving drugs — that really concerned me.

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

After that interview, no one was talking about drug pricing.

Since taking office, President Trump has talked tough about bringing drug prices down.

«Sometimes the drug companies talk about a death spiral down if they compete on prices,» Schondelmeyer says.

The pharmaceutical industry is typically reluctant to talk about U.S. drug prices, generally the highest in the world due to a combination of market fragmentation and free market policies.

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

One reason for biotech optimism is that talk of restricting drug pricing has eased off, said Bud Leedom, president of Leedom Asset Management.

Dr. Daines talks about the problems with Medicaid and gives his views on a range of topics including stem cell research, avian flu, prescription drug prices, hospital closures and much more.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar talked Friday about the administration's plans to lower drug prices as President Trump looked on in the White House Rose Garden.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar talked Friday about the administration's plans to lower drug prices as President Trump looked on in the White House Rose Garden.Chip Somodevilla / Getty Imageshide caption

Ania and I went to buy bread and in one block's distance we saw about 15 tales of insanity, drug abuse and poverty: a homeless man with one leg shooting up on the pavement; an old women dragging 50 filthy plastic bags, vomiting into the sewer grate; five tranny hookers sitting in a hotel stairwell, wearing nothing but g - strings, making cat calls at the passing traffic; a crackhead walking in circles, talking out loud to no one in front of a fruit stand; little boys, none older than 11, all huffing shoe glue out of black plastic bags to get a 10 - minute high; and a group of plump ladies sorting through garbage in the street, looking for old produce that can be re-bagged and re-sold at discount prices.

People like to talk about being a teenager, especially a teenager like Chloe Price, as being all about sex, drugs and rock...

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar talked Friday about the administration's plans to lower drug prices as President Trump looked on in the White House Rose Garden.