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Healthcare Finance: Trump's executive order on drugs seeks to end pharma 'pill penalty'
Merith Basey, executive director of Patients For Affordable Drugs, said the small molecule provision in the EO caves to pharmaceutical lobbyists’ demands. “Delaying Medicare negotiation for small-molecule drugs – the most commonly used medications – is a clear giveaway to Big Pharma,” Basey said. “It would hand drug companies four additional years to price-gouge patients, […]
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“Make no mistake,” Patients for Affordable Drugs executive director Merith Basey said of the legislation, “this is yet another attempt by Big Pharma to rig the system in its favor—at the expense of patients.”
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“Make no mistake,” said Merith Basey, executive director of Patients for Affordable Drugs, “this is yet another attempt by Big Pharma to rig the system in its favor—at the expense of patients.”
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Fierce Pharma: Trump throws pharma 'bread crumb' concession with call to end IRA pill penalty
In her own statement, Merith Basey, executive director of Patients for Affordable Drugs, agreed that the proposed elimination of the pill penalty is “a clear giveaway to Big Pharma.”
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NBC 5: President Trump says tariffs on pharmaceuticals are coming soon
“One in three people cannot afford to fill their prescription drugs today,” said Patients for Affordable Drugs Executive Director Merith Basey. “There is real concern, understandably, that these tariffs would increase costs for patients and make their lives much harder.”
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“Tariffs will exacerbate that problem,” said Merith Basey, Executive Director of the advocacy group Patients For Affordable Drugs. “Prescription drugs aren’t luxury goods; they’re essential to people’s health and survival.”
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AXIOS: First look: Trump is urged to keep drug negotiations
A new ad campaign by P4AD asks the administration to maintain Medicare drug price negotiation process.