Part D Rebates and the Numbers Game: Pharma Readies for Post-Election Deficit Fight
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
PhRMA CEO Castellani readies for 2013 deficit reduction legislative debate by laying out how much money in the system is at stake.
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