Congress Should Advance Bipartisan, Market-Based Measures to Increase Transparency to Shine a Light on Brand Name Drug Companies’ Egregious Price Hikes and Launch Prices Big Pharma companies are responsible for setting and increasing prices on the prescription drugs in their portfolio. Solutions that boost list price transparency can shine a light on the industry’s worst
04-27-2023The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing (CSRxP) released the results of a national survey conducted by Morning Consult today that found American voters overwhelmingly reject Big Pharma’s blame game and want policymakers to advance market-based solutions to hold brand name drug companies accountable.
01-24-2023SECOND OPINION: DEBUNKING BIG PHARMA’S BOGUS INNOVATION RHETORIC Brand Name Drug Companies Claim Lowering Rx Prices Will Undercut R&D — The Facts Disagree For far too long Big Pharma has used the excuse that research and development (R&D) costs justify out-of-control prescription drug prices and that solutions to lower prices threaten innovation into new breakthroughs.
03-14-2022AMERICANS FACE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AS A RESULT OF INCREASING DRUG PRICES More than one in four American voters reported (26%) that they or a family member had 26% financial difficulty affording a prescribed medication in the last 12 months. VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY WANT CONGRESS TO ACT LACK OF ACTION WILL IMPACT VOTE IN NEXT ELECTION Four
09-14-2021THE PROBLEM: A CRISIS OF AFFORDABILITY The out-of-control prices set by Big Pharma on prescription drugs used to treat cancer have created a crisis of affordability — and placed breakthrough treatments out-of-reach for too many American patients. Patients and families should never have to face heart-wrenching choices between paying for their cancer treatment or for
04-15-2021Ninety-six percent of voters agree lowering drug prices is an important challenge facing Americans. Seventy-one percent say lowering drug prices is “very important.”
01-22-2021Prescription drug prices are out-of-control thanks to the anti-competitive tactics and price-gouging practices of Big Pharma. Despite an escalating crisis of affordability, made worse by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, brand name drug companies continue to engage in anti-competitive behavior and price-gouging tactics in order to keep prices high and pad their bottom
09-25-2020AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD BIG PHARMA ACCOUNTABLE The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform is scheduled to hold two days of hearings with Big Pharma executives on September 30 and October 1. Executives for brand name drug giants including Bristol Myers Squibb/Celgene, Amgen and Novartis are slated to testify. Lawmakers must use
09-24-2020Prescription drug prices are out-of-control. Too many Americans were already unable to afford their medications and resorting to dangerous measures like rationing — before the historic economic uncertainty of the current crisis. It is critical patients are able to take their medications as prescribed in order to stay healthy. Now is not the time for
06-1-2020