Lawmakers Push To Add CREATES To Omnibus, Lobbyist Says It Could Be Traded For Backtracking On Part D Changes

Sponsors of the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act are pushing for the bill to be included in the omnibus spending legislation, which must pass by March 23 to avoid a government shutdown. Lobbyists say they hope if brand companies get their way and claw back the requirement to pay a higher share of the Part D coverage-gap discount -- a provision included in the two-year spending bill passed earlier this month -- that CREATES can...