June 29, 2021 – In the wake of the FDA granting a controversial accelerated approval for Biogen’s aducanumab (Aduhelm) – and Biogen’s decision to set the list price for the drug for Alzheimer’s disease at $56,000 per year despite equivocal evidence of efficacy – members of Congress are introducing drug pricing legislation, calling for hearings, […]
Read more Nov. 11, 2019 – As Congress works to agree on legislation that would rein in drug prices, a bill co-sponsored by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) – which would require that list prices be included in direct-to-consumer (DTC) television advertisements – may be close to a vote. Grassley and Durbin hoped […]
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