PhRMA joins California drug discount effort
Executive Summary
Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America pledges $10 mil. to California to create and publicize a website of manufacturer discount drug programs and state-negotiated discounts; "clearinghouse" will begin operating this spring. California's drug assistance program will leverage discounts for the uninsured beginning in 2006 (1"The Pink Sheet" Dec. 20, 2004, p. 14). California is budgeting $4 mil. for the program...
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