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House Committee Releases International Drug Pricing Comparison Report
On September 23, 2019, the House Ways & Means Committee released a report outlining and comparing the pharmaceutical pricing…
Hassan Calls For Greater Transparency in Pharmaceutical Industry
Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire recently wrote an op-ed for Modern Healthcare in which she opined on the need for increased…
Senate Finance Committee Releases Proposed Drug Pricing Legislation
On September 25, 2019, the Senate Finance Committee, led by Chairman Chuck Grassley, released the text of its long-awaited bill…
Pelosi Draft Plan Would Allow Price Negotiations on Select Drugs
A supposed draft plan summary to lower drug prices by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been circulating around Capitol Hill…
Administration Backs Away from Plan to Ban Rebates to PBMs
Recently, the Administration announced it was withdrawing a controversial plan to ban drugmaker rebates to pharmacy benefit…
Not to be outdone by their neighbor to the South, Canada announces new…
In early August 2019, the Canadian government announced regulations to reduce patented drug prices, with the intent to save…
Implementation of Florida Drug Importation Law Faces Uphill Battle
This summer has been the summer of reimportation with the Trump administration proposing pathways for national reimportation. The…
Concerns About Unintended Consequences of Drug Pricing Transparency Bills
As we previously reported, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing on May 21, 2019 on improving drug…
FTC Report Finds Fewer Anticompetitive Reverse Payment Deals in…
The Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Bureau of Competition published a report that found that, despite an increase in the total…
HHS and FDA Offer Two Pathways to Drug Importation
On July 31, 2019, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in conjunction with the Food and Drug…