Generic Drug Lobby, Pharmacies To Senate: Draft Bill To Stem REMS Abuse

January 7, 2016 at 5:59 PM
Pharmacy groups, the generic drug lobby and other stakeholders are urging the Senate Special Committee on Aging to file its own version of a House bill designed to stop brand-name drug companies from using restricted access programs to block generic drug market entry. The groups say brand-name drug manufacturers' use of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies to block generic manufacturers from obtaining samples of brand drugs costs the health care system more than $5 billion a year, in a letter...


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