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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) […]
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P4AD Counters Industry’s Legal Arguments, Recounts The Sordid History Of Big Pharma’s Opposition To Medicare Negotiation And Tells The Court Of The IRA’s Positive Impact On Millions Of Patients WASHINGTON D.C. — Patients For Affordable Drugs today filed a 30-page amicus brief in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in cases brought by pharmaceutical giants […]
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WASHINGTON D.C. — Today marks the second anniversary of President Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law, a historic reform and monumental victory for the millions of Americans who depend on Medicare for their essential medications. Throughout the week, Patients For Affordable Drugs patient advocates participated in events celebrating different provisions of the drug […]
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WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, following the announcement of the new lower prices negotiated through Medicare – which marked a historic shift in drug pricing policy – P4AD patient advocate Judy Aiken, who takes Enbrel, one of the first 10 negotiated drugs, introduced President Biden and Vice President Harris at an event focused on the new […]
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On Average Prices Are Reduced By More Than 60 Percent, With Two Drugs Slashed By More Than 75 Percent Per Month WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the Biden-Harris administration released the results of its first-ever drug price negotiations through Medicare, marking a historic shift in drug pricing policy and promising significant savings for nearly nine million American patients. The new […]
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Federal Judge Tosses Another Lawsuit Against Medicare Negotiation, Slams Industry for Trying To “Manipulate the System” WASHINGTON D.C. — Marking the seventh consecutive win against the multi-million dollar legal campaign to block Medicare negotiation, on Thursday, August 8th, a federal district judge in Ohio dismissed the legal challenge to Medicare’s authority to negotiate lower drug […]