Speaking Up For Orphan Drugs
Executive Summary
A colloquy between Sen. Orrin Hatch and HHS Secretary Nominee Tom Price offered a timely rebuttal to a strangely one-sided investigative piece on the Orphan Drug law by Kaiser Health News and NPR.
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