Patients Press Schumer To Advance Patent Reform, Generic Drug Bills

By Luke Zarzecki / December 13, 2023 at 1:08 PM
Patients For Affordable Drugs Now helped organize a letter signed by over 100 New York patients asking Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to advance bills aimed at lowering drug prices by streamlining generic drug approvals and reforming patent policies used by brand drug makers to avoid generic competition. The letter comes as House and Senate leaders grapple with what drug-pricing measures beyond bipartisan pharmacy benefit manager reforms, which are generally backed by pharma, to include in a potential year-end...


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