Gottlieb Attacks Plans Again For High Drug Costs

By John Wilkerson / April 13, 2018 at 4:56 PM
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb again attacked plans for high drug costs, and he honed his explanation for taking on policies under CMS’ purview. “The FDA is taking an interest in this problem because, although we don’t regulate drug prices, if anticompetitive forces and profit taking across the drug supply chain are pushing effective treatments out of the reach of patients, the full benefits of innovation to improve public health are not being realized,” according to Gottlieb’s prepared remarks at a...


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