Bill Requiring Justification For Rx Price Hikes Clears House Cmte.

House Ways & Means Committee clears legislation requiring manufacturers to justify 10% WAC increase in one year and 25% increase over three years, and to report number of free product samples.

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Drug manufacturers would have to provide their rationale for increasing Rx drug prices by at least 10% in one year and 25% over three years under legislation that unanimously cleared the US House Ways & Means Committee April 9. They would also have to justify launch prices of at least $26,000.

The Prescription Drug Sunshine, Transparency, Accountability and Reporting Act, or the Prescription Drug STAR Act, H.R. 2113, has a good shot of being enacted given its bipartisan support and the...

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