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Patients For Affordable Drugs Reacts to President Trump’s Promise to Lower Drug Prices
WASHINGTON, DC — David Mitchell, a patient with incurable blood cancer and the President of Patients For Affordable Drugs, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s promise to lower drug prices during his State of the Union address: “Patients are watching. We are angry and hurting. And we plan to hold the […]
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Donald Trump Should Keep His Promise to Lower Drug Prices
WASHINGTON, DC — In advance of tonight’s State of the Union address, Patients For Affordable Drugs Executive Director Ben Wakana issued the following statement: “Donald Trump made a campaign pledge to lower drug prices, a promise that gave hope to millions of Americans struggling to afford prescription drugs. It’s time the Trump administration put words […]
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Momentum Building for Bipartisan CREATES Act
WASHINGTON, DC — Organizations representing patients and the research and development community today sent a letter urging Congressional leaders to pass the CREATES Act. Friends of Cancer Research, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and Patients For Affordable Drugs encouraged Congress to act soon to pass the bipartisan legislation that will help drive down drug prices […]
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Statement on Luxturna’s $850,000 Price Tag
WASHINGTON, DC — The following statement was issued by David Mitchell, a patient with incurable blood cancer and the president and founder of Patients For Affordable Drugs, regarding the announcement of an $850,000 price tag for Luxturna, a new treatment that can correct a defective gene responsible for blindness in a small number of Americans. […]
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Cancer Patients Dying Due to High Yescarta Price
WASHINGTON, DC — The following statement was issued by David Mitchell, a patient with incurable blood cancer and the president of Patients For Affordable Drugs, regarding reports of patients dying while waiting to receive Gilead’s $373,000 cancer drug, Yescarta. “My heart is breaking for these patients and their families. This situation is tragic, infuriating, and […]
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Trump Administration Proposes Important Change To Lower Drug Prices
WASHINGTON, DC – Patients For Affordable Drugs applauded a proposal by the Trump Administration that would lower drug costs for Medicare patients. A key change in the Medicare Part D proposed rule would allow beneficiaries to pay coinsurance and deductibles based on discounted drug prices rather than the outrageous retail prices. By basing coinsurance and […]
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WASHINGTON, DC – Americans are being extorted by Big Pharma, whose drugs they must take to improve their lives – and in some cases simply survive. That’s why, over the last two weeks, Patients For Affordable Drugs collected nearly 400 letters from patients urging President Donald Trump to keep his promise and allow Medicare to […]
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Statement on the Nomination of Alex Azar as HHS Secretary
WASHINGTON, DC – Patients For Affordable Drugs Executive Director, Ben Wakana, issued the following statement regarding the nomination of Alex Azar to be the 24th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “Drug corporations have undue influence over health policy in America, and they use it to make money on the backs […]