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NEW ANALYSIS: Drug Companies Continue To Hike Prices At Will; Congress Must Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the drug industry continues to hike drug prices at will, a new analysis from Patients For Affordable Drugs gives evidence of the urgent need for Congress to lower drug prices by allowing Medicare to negotiate directly with drug companies. The analysis explores more than 1,000 price hikes since the beginning of 2021 […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Patients For Affordable Drugs founder David Mitchell will testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights today at a hearing titled A Prescription for Change: Cracking Down on Anticompetitive Conduct in Prescription Drug Markets. Mitchell, who depends on innovation and new drugs to stay alive in the face […]
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New Report Reveals Big Pharma’s Influence On Patient Advocacy Groups
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The web of money and influence built by Big Pharma over decades extends deeply into organizations that represent patients or claim to represent patients, creating conflicts of interest and constraints on even the most respected groups when it comes to critical drug pricing reforms. Those are the findings of a new report issued […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following statement was issued by David Mitchell, a cancer patient and founder of Patients For Affordable Drugs, in response to the Alzheimer’s Association’s recent statement reacting to Biogen’s price of $56,000 for Aduhelm, a new drug aimed at targeting the disease process of Alzheimer’s instead of just treating symptoms: “As patients who are […]
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STATEMENT: Aducanumab FDA Approval And Biogen's Pricing Prove Urgent Need For Medicare Negotiation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following statement was issued by David Mitchell, a cancer patient and founder of Patients For Affordable Drugs, in response to the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of aducanumab, a new drug aimed at targeting the disease process of Alzheimer’s disease instead of just treating symptoms. The drug maker Biogen has set a price […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Patients For Affordable Drugs (P4AD) released a new video today debunking Big Pharma’s myth that any limits on its unilateral power to dictate prices on brand-name drugs will kill innovation and new drug development. The video summarizes P4AD’s report Big Pharma’s Big Lie: The Truth About Innovation and Drug Prices, which details […]