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Meet December’s Drug Price Fighting Heroes
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Every month, Patients For Affordable Drugs highlights two Price Fighting Heroes taking notable action in the fight to lower prescription drug prices. This month, P4AD is pleased to recognize Oregon state Sen. Dennis Linthicum and Patient Advocate Ann Neilson for their relentless efforts to stand up to Big Pharma and help Americans […]
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Statement on Drug Price Fixing Investigation
WASHINGTON, D.C — In response to the news that 16 generic drug companies are being investigated as part of an antitrust lawsuit alleging price fixing, Patients For Affordable Drugs Executive Director Ben Wakana issued the following statement: “Price fixing by generic manufacturers is illegal, and patients are suffering because of rising prices. Attorneys general must fully investigate […]
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Meet November’s Drug Price Fighting Heroes
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Patients For Affordable Drugs is pleased to announce November’s price fighting heroes: Nevada State Sen. Yvanna Cancela and patient advocate Elizabeth Rowley. Cancela and Rowley have used their platforms as a lawmaker and patient advocate, respectively, to push for policies to lower insulin prices at a critical time for people living […]
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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 […]