New Dutch ‘Excessive Price’ Watchdog Targets Leadiant’s Orphan Drug
Executive Summary
A new Dutch foundation set up to address cases of what it says are excessive drug pricing says it plans to refer Leadiant Biosciences’ CDCA product for the rare genetic disease, cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, to the competition authorities.
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