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“If passed, [the measure] will upend the same innovative ecosystem that brought us lifesaving vaccines and therapies to combat COVID-19,” said the president and CEO of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), Washington’s top drug lobby. “Under the guise of ‘negotiation,’ it gives the government the power to dictate how much a medicine is worth and leaves many patients facing a future with less access to medicines and fewer new treatments.”
✏️ The utterly despicable methods of PR being used by companies to fight against regulation and negotiated drug prices.
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They’ve somehow twisted it to say that the government is going to kill their innovation and somehow leave patients with less access to medicines.
Their innovation is already heavily subsidized by taxpayers, and the last comment seems to be a veiled threat that they will stop access to medicines that they see won’t be as profitable for them.
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