Senate Finance Bipartisan Duo Requests Details On Sovaldi's Price

The bipartisan duo of Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Finance member Charles Grassley (R-IA) on Friday (July 11) asked Sovaldi-manufacturer Gilead Sciences to hand over a long, detailed list of information on how the company arrived at the $84,000-per-treatment cost of the hepatitis C drug. A health care analyst said the bipartisan nature of the request indicates that Finance might hold a hearing on drug pricing, but a Democratic Finance spokesperson said nothing has been planned beyond...

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