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Patients For Affordable Drugs Celebrates Another Critical Step Forward in the Fight Against Skyrocketing Prescription Costs WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has the 2024 milestone, when prices were successfully negotiated for the first 10 drugs under the 2022 prescription drug law, this expansion marks another major step toward ensuring […]
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This Marks The 10th Lawsuit Filed By Pharma And Its Allies To Undermine Medicare Drug Price Negotiation At the Expense Of Patients WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the verge of the announcement of the next 15 drugs selected for Medicare drug price negotiations, Teva Pharmaceuticals filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District […]
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ICYMI: Patients On Medicare Celebrate $2,000 Cap On Out-Of-Pocket Costs
Millions Of Patients Anticipate Substantial Savings As New Limit On Annual Out-of-Pocket Costs Goes Into Effect January 1st WASHINGTON, D.C. — Starting this week, everyone with Medicare Part D will have their annual out-of-pocket drug costscappedat $2,000. This historic reform is one of the most substantial provisions from the 2022 prescription drug price law to […]
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Patients For Affordable Drugs Continues to Fight Against Big Pharma’s Attempts to Undermine Medicare Drug Price Negotiation at the Expense of Patients WASHINGTON D.C. — Patients For Affordable Drugs filed a 29-page amicus brief today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, defending Medicare’s authority to negotiate lower drug prices in a […]
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Patients For Affordable Drugs Continues to Fight Against Big Pharma’s Attempts to Undermine Medicare Drug Price Negotiation at the Expense of Patients WASHINGTON D.C. — Oral arguments were heard today by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in the consolidated cases brought by Bristol Myers-Squibb (BMS), AstraZeneca, and Janssen Pharmaceuticals challenging […]
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Judge Upholds Medicare’s Drug Price Negotiation Program, Dealing Another Blow to Pharmaceutical Industry Lawsuits WASHINGTON D.C. — Marking the eighth win in the ongoing legal battle to preserve the Medicare Negotiation Program, on Friday, October 18th, a district court judge in New Jersey rejected Novartis’ lawsuit against the drug price negotiation program. This ruling adds […]
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NBC News Reports Soaring Medication Costs Force Patients Of Color To Make Impossible Choices WASHINGTON D.C. — Patients For Affordable Drugs released new findings today that spotlight five cancer medications with excessive price increases in July – four of which had already been hiked in January this year. Price increases on these drugs, which are […]
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District Court Will Now Hear A Suit On The Merits–Like The Industry Has Lost In Every Other Jurisdiction WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the National Infusion Center Association (NICA) — which is backed by the pharmaceutical lobbying group The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) […]