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ICYMI: CSRxP Calls On FDA To Break Down Barriers To Affordable Drugs

Oct 2, 2018

Through the advancement of modern medicine, biologic drugs are providing new… Read More

Avik Roy Unveils “The Competition Prescription”

May 16, 2017

Read "The Competition Prescription," a new white paper by Avik Roy, President of Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity on how federal policy has artificially driven up the cost of prescription drugs, and market-based reforms to bring prices down. Read More

Improving the Prescription Drug Market through Transparency, Competition, and Value

Aug 3, 2016

"Patients with chronic conditions, such as Hepatitis C, benefit immensely when breakthrough, life-changing drugs provide a cure where none existed before. But when states are driven to create access limitations to that same drug for their Medicaid populations, we have to acknowledge something is not quite right here." Read More

How Do We Deal With Rising Drug Costs?

Apr 12, 2016

"There is no silver bullet here. We need to balance affordability, access and innovation whether or not Medicare is directly involved in price negotiations. We can only strike that balance when the market has transparency and competition, and purchasers can pay for value." Read More

Increasing Drug Prices Hurt Patients and Families

Mar 31, 2016

While it’s unconscionable that hedge fund pharmaceutical companies like Turing and Retrophin purchase treatments and suddenly raise prices, the current model in which drug companies raise prices year after year is just as bad for patients – and, frankly, unsustainable for our entire health care system. Read More

Rother: Caucus candidates must be advocates for affordable prescription drugs

Feb 18, 2016

Over the next few days, Nevadans of both political parties will caucus to choose their presidential nominee — the Democrats on Saturday, and Republicans on Tuesday in the first-of-the-West caucuses. As candidates travel the state in an effort to woo potential caucus-goers, there will be many public policy disagreements. Read More

Prescription drug costs are bigger problem than Martin Shkreli

Feb 4, 2016

Daraprim's price hike was outrageous. But prices on prescriptions that are more widely used also continue to climb. Since the beginning of January, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has raised prices on more than 100 of its prescription drugs, according to Reuters. Some of those drugs, like medicines used to help treat symptoms of menopause or combat seizures, went up by more than 20 percent. What’s more, Pfizer did not reduce the price of any prescriptions. Read More

GOP hopefuls, long quite on drug prices, begin to make some noise

Nov 10, 2015

Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, in little-reported remarks made in Iowa and posted online by the Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing, acknowledged as much. “As far as Big Pharma is concerned, you know, they’re in it to make money. And I understand that. But we need to have some alternative ways, because we need to be able to take care of our people,” Carson said. Read More

Des Moines Register: Editorial: High cost of drugs must be presidential priority

Oct 27, 2015

The race for the White House begins in Iowa. But the first-in-the nation caucuses aren’t just about “picking a winner” for political parties. Iowans have the unique opportunity to shape national discussion on important issues. We should ask candidates how they would address important problems — and press them for detailed answers. Read More

How to reduce drug prices: One view

Oct 24, 2015

How to reduce drug prices: One view The Opinion of the USA Today Editorial… Read More

AJMC: Rising Drug Costs, Medicare Part D, and Defining Value

Oct 21, 2015

The current pipeline of drugs in the US is unprecedented, said Steve Miller, MD, senior vice president and chief medical officer for Express Scripts. Like Rother, he expressed worries over the current 13% increase in drug prices and the fact that prices are expected to continue to go up. Read More

The Wall Street Journal: Marco Rubio Latest to Speak Out on Prescription Drug Prices

Oct 20, 2015

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) became the latest presidential candidate to speak out on prescription drug prices, saying that some pharmaceutical companies are engaging in “pure profiteering” and that high prices threaten to “bankrupt our system.” Read More