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MEMO: Disclosure of Drug Prices in Direct-to-Consumer Advertising

TO: Interested Parties FROM: Ben Wakana, Executive Director, Patients For Affordable Drugs RE: Disclosure of Drug Prices in Direct-to-Consumer Advertising DATE: October 15, 2018Patients For Affordable Drugs supports the administration’s efforts to require disclosure of drug list prices in direct-to-consumer ads, but we do not think it will lower prices. Instead, we support the recommendation […]

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Meet October’s Drug Price Fighting Heroes

WASHINGTON, DC — Patients For Affordable Drugs is pleased to announce October’sDrug Price Fighting Heroes: Andy Slavitt, the former head of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Rebecca Hall, a metastatic breast cancer patient. Andy and Rebecca have used their platforms as a health care leader and patient advocate, respectively, to push for policies […]

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EXPOSED: PhRMA Front Group Faceplants Before Takeoff

WASHINGTON, DC –– Big Pharma has a sad tradition of funding front organizations that protect profits and oppose lower drug prices. Since its popularity is at an all time low, it appears Big Pharma has gone back to its old bag of dirty tricks –– creating a front group to push its agenda. Don’t be […]

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STATEMENT: Patients Respond To Drug Company Executive Who Claims A ‘Moral Requirement’ To Raise Antibiotic Price By 400 Percent

WASHINGTON, D.C — David Mitchell, a cancer patient and the founder of Patients For Affordable Drugs, issued the following statement in response to Nirmal Mulye, a drug corporation executive who quadrupled the price on a more than half-century old antibiotic. Mulye said he has a ‘moral requirement’ to make money where he can and compared […]

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Introducing Patients For Affordable Drugs’ First Price Fighting Heroes: FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Patient Advocate Victoria Stuessel

WASHINGTON, DC and LA PUENTE, CA — Every day, patients, private sector leaders, policy makers, and elected officials fight for lower drug prices on behalf of Americans struggling to afford their medication. To help spotlight their stories, Patients For Affordable Drugs is launching a new series called Price Fighting Heroes to recognize their commitment, conviction, […]

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From Her Hospital Bed, Lora Moser Pleads To Big Drug Manufacturer Vertex For Her Life

Lora Moser, a cystic fibrosis patient from Austin, Texas, needs the prescription drug Orkambi to extend her life. She hasn’t been able to take the drug in 2018 because of Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ outrageous list price of more than $300,000 a year. According to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Research, Vertex has priced the drug at […]

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Statement on CMS Medicare Advantage Policy Change

WASHINGTON, DC — In light of the news that CMS will empower Medicare Advantage plans to negotiate for Part B drugs by using step therapy, Patients For Affordable Drugs President and Founder David Mitchell issued the following statement: “I appreciate Secretary Azar’s work to curb rising drug prices. Today’s action to give Medicare Advantage plans […]