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BY THE NUMBERS: New Analysis Finds Over 500 Drug Price Hikes In First Week of January
WASHINGTON, DC — A new analysis by Patients For Affordable Drugs uncovered 524 drug price spikes in the first week of 2020, spotlighting widespread pharmaceutical industry price gouging that underscores the urgent need for Congress to address the issue. The non-profit group found that 72% of those price increases were on drugs with no generic […]
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STATEMENT: Big Pharma Back To Business As Usual
WASHINGTON, DC — In response to the news that drugmakers raised the prices of more than 250 drugs on Jan. 1, Ben Wakana, Executive Director of Patients For Affordable Drugs, issued the following statement: “Big Pharma can’t break its addiction to price increases. Widespread price hikes to start the new year show why we can’t rely […]
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New Patient Map Underscores How Drug Pricing Crisis Hurts Everyday Americans
WASHINGTON, DC — Patients across America are speaking out against ever-increasing prescription drug prices, sharing more than 20,000 stories with Patients For Affordable Drugs to date. The stories detail how patients continue to skip doses, cut pills in half, and forgo food to pay for rising drug prices. In 2019 alone, Patients For Affordable Drugs […]
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Reaction to White House Blog Post on H.R. 3
WASHINGTON, DC — After an independent analysis found brand-name drugmakers could earn less revenue under H.R. 3 and still be the most profitable U.S. industry, the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released ablog post claiming the “House drug pricing bill could keep 100 lifesaving drugs from American patients.” This is the same CEA that keeps telling Americans […]
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Patients Don’t Buy Big Pharma’s Lies
WASHINGTON, DC — Last week, PhRMA published an industry-funded “report” claiming that H.R. 3 would “devastate” and “decimate” new drug development. This brand of fear mongering underscores how the drug lobby uses its nearly half billion dollar annual budget to spread scare tactics and lies. So before you buy the drug lobby’s propaganda, here’s what experts […]
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NEW REPORT: The Truth About Insulin Prices
WASHINGTON, DC — At least five individuals have died in 2019 after rationing insulin. On World Diabetes Day, Patients For Affordable Drugs is releasing a new report underscoring the insulin affordability crisis that forces nearly one in four people with diabetes in the U.S. to ration the essential drug. Today’s report tells the story of […]
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Patients to Congress: Let Medicare Negotiate
WASHINGTON, DC — Two cancer patients will stand up to Big Pharma before key House committees today and Thursday to urge Congress to take urgent action to lower prescription drug prices by allowing Medicare to negotiate. Eighty six percent of Americans — majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents — support allowing Medicare to negotiate for […]
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Cancer Patient to Tell Congress: High Drug Prices Are Killing Us
WASHINGTON, DC — David Mitchell, a cancer patient and the founder of Patients For Affordable Drugs, will testify today before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee at the hearing, “Profits Over Consumers: Exposing How Pharmaceutical Corporations Game the System.” The hearing will take place at 10:30 a.m. at 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. Watch here, […]