July 9, 2019 – One day before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) final rule requiring drug companies to disclose the wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) or “list price” of their drugs in television ads was due to go into effect, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a memorandum opinion […]
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Feb. 25, 2019 – Even as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services considers comments received on a federal proposal to mandate the inclusion of the wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) of prescription drugs in consumer television ads, the state of Oregon is weighing whether or not to require a disclosure regarding the wholesale cost that […]
Read moreMarch 9, 2017 – Four major advertising and media industry groups have issued a joint letter opposing an Oregon bill (S.B. 792) that would require manufacturers to disclose prescription drug wholesale prices in any ads run in the state or face potential civil penalties of up to $5,000 per ad publication or broadcast. According to […]
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