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Jacobin: How Big Pharma Turned FDA Approval Into a Rubber Stamp
Drug company employees with titles like “director of patient engagement” carefully cultivate relationships with advocacy groups. Some patient groups are led by executives on “loan” from industry, according to a study published in 2020, and nearly 40 percent have a pharmaceutical executive on their boards. Another study, by Patients for Affordable Drugs, the rare advocacy group that does not […]
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Epoch Times: What to Know About Trump’s Pharma Deals to Lower Prices
“The Most Favored Nation agreements we’ve seen so far are voluntary, confidential, and apply only to Medicaid—a program through which most patients pay less than $4 per prescription,” Merith Basey, executive director of Patients for Affordable Drugs, told The Epoch Times. “Pharmaceutical executives are touting these industry-friendly agreements, while they continue to fight systemic reform […]
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Reuters: Exclusive: US pharmacies, drug discounters are discussing TrumpRx role with administration
Jacquie Persson, a graphic designer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said a drugmaker-issued discount card cut her co-pay for an expensive migraine drug to $5 from about $100. “I’m really lucky to have good insurance through my employer. My husband’s insurance isn’t as good,” she said. “I am a chronically ill individual … it is a […]
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Patient advocacy group, Patients for Affordable Drugs (P4AD), celebrated the ruling, noting in a statement that this marks the 15th legal defeat for the industry on this issue.
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Law360: 3rd Circ. Rejects Novo Nordisk's Medicare Pricing Challenge
Merith Basey, executive director of advocacy group Patients for Affordable Drugs, said the ruling affirms that the drug price program is constitutional and “here to stay.” “Big Pharma has attempted to block Medicare negotiation at every turn, including by hiring some of the most expensive law firms in the country, and yet they’re still losing,” […]
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STAT News: Court ruling allows Medicare to negotiate prices for larger number of drugs
The drug industry has been on a losing streak on this issue, at least in the courtroom. Judges have ruled against pharmaceutical companies at least 15 times since the law governing negotiations went into effect in 2023, according to Patients for Affordable Drugs, which supports letting Medicare negotiate lower drug prices. In its cases, the industry […]
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Kerrigan and McCullough are part of Patients for Affordable Drugs, a national organization dedicated to lowering prescription drug prices.
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Sarah Wisniewski, a Maryland resident in her mid-40s, has been living with multiple sclerosis since 2018. Although she she says she has good insurance, it has repeatedly failed to cover the specialty medication her doctor prescribed to slow the progression of her disease. In 2024, when her physician recommended a treatment that could help, she […]