Sanders, Cummings Urge Municipal Leaders To Negotiate Rebates For Anti-Opioid Overdose Drug

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) are urging city and county leaders across the country to demand affordable prices for a drug used by first responders to counteract the effects of heroin and other opioid overdoses. The lawmakers sent a letter Wednesday (July 29) to the United States Conference of Mayors and National Association of Counties urging municipal leaders to follow the example of the attorney generals of New York and Ohio to negotiate rebates on Amphastar’s...