Formalizing 'Name And Shame': New Strategy To Rein In Price Increases
Executive Summary
A bipartisan bill would require pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide notice and justification of any price increase over 10%. That formula resonates with Allergan’s recent price pledge, Hillary Clinton’s newest pricing oversight campaign proposal – and may be hard for industry to fend off in the context of must-pass user fee bills in 2017.
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