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HUMIRA HUBRIS: AbbVie Exec Brags about Scam to Keep Drug Prices High
WASHINGTON, DC –– On Wednesday, Bill Chase, CFO of the drug giant AbbVie, bragged to investors, “You’ve seen us execute very nicely with our legal strategy and the settlements around the U.S. events to delay the onset of [loss of Humira’s exclusivity] into the 2022-2023 time period,” Axios reported. In response, Patients For Affordable Drugs […]
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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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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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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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In anticipation of the possible elimination of safe harbor exemption for drug rebates, Patients For Affordable Drugs encouraged the Trump administration to ensure that any rebate changes benefit patients, first and foremost. You can read the entire letter we sent to the Secretary of Health and Human Services below. Dear Secretary Azar, Thank you for […]
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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 […]