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Congressional Hearing to Spotlight Drug Corporation Patent Abuse
WASHINGTON, DC – The following statement was issued by David Mitchell, a cancer patient and the Founder of Patients For Affordable Drugs, regarding today’s House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing about drug company patent abuse and the inter partes review (IPR) process: “Today’s hearing touches on the heart of the problem with high drug prices. “One reason […]
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Patients For Affordable Drugs Endorses Medicare Negotiation Bill
WASHINGTON, DC – Patients For Affordable Drugs expressed its strong support for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act, introduced today. The bill would allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices on behalf of patients and taxpayers. “President Trump has called for the federal government to bargain over drug prices, and Mr. Cummings, Mr. Sanders, Mr. […]
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Patients For Affordable Drugs Launches New Interactive Patient Map
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Patients For Affordable Drugs, the nation’s only bipartisan patient organization focused exclusively on policies to lower drug prices, launched an interactive map featuring over 6,500 stories of patients who struggle under high drug prices. The interactive map tells heartbreaking stories of patients across America who skip doses, cut pills in half, and […]
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Taxpayers and U.S. Patients Pay Twice for Kite’s New CAR-T Drug
WASHINGTON, DC — The following statement was issued by David Mitchell, a cancer patient and the Founder of Patients For Affordable Drugs, regarding Kite’s decision tonight to price its CAR-T drug, Yescarta, at $373,000 per treatment. “Drug prices are out of control. As a cancer patient, I look forward to the potential of CAR-T drugs. […]
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WASHINGTON, DC – In advance of today’s Senate HELP Committee hearing on drug prices, Patients For Affordable Drugs Executive Director, Ben Wakana issued the following statement: “Talk is cheap. Two of the worst abusers of America’s drug pricing system are witnesses at today’s hearing. We’ll inevitably hear a lot of blame shifting and dodging from […]
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Patients For Affordable Drugs Launches National Campaign to Pass the CREATES Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Patients For Affordable Drugs announced a national campaign to help pass the CREATES Act, a bipartisan bill that would lower drug prices and save taxpayers billions. The legislation prevents brand drug manufacturers from gaming our system and blocking cheaper generic drugs from coming to market. The bill enjoys support from a bipartisan […]
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Patients For Affordable Drugs Statement on Governor Brown Signing SB 17
LA PUENTE, CA — The following statement was issued by Victoria Stuessel, a Multiple Sclerosis patient, mother, and La Puente, CA resident seeking relief from skyrocketing drug prices. Victoria is a volunteer Patient Advocate in the Patients For Affordable Drugs community. “Patients like me can breathe a sigh of relief today. For years, I’ve struggled […]
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WASHINGTON, DC—Patients For Affordable Drugs applauded a request led by U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan calling on Congress to investigate Allergan’s outrageous legal maneuver to transfer the patent of a blockbuster drug to the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and maintain its monopoly. The anti-competitive and unprecedented legal dodge by the international drug corporation thwarts the will […]