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Pharmaceuticals

The Senate Should Not Implement Price Controls on Pharmaceuticals
340B, General Waste, Government Waste, Health, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Taxpayers, Transparency, Waste

WSJ Reinforces Waste and Abuse in Healthcare

September 24, 2025 Alec Mena

Federal healthcare programs are often well-intended but end up costing more than expected and become subject to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement.  One of the best (or worst) examples of such a result is the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).  The lack of clear intent […]

340B, Biopharmaceuticals, Corporate Welfare, General Waste, Government Waste, Health, Healthcare, Medicare/aid, Pharmaceuticals, Reform, Regulation, Regulations, States, Waste

Markwayne Mullin Wants to Make 340B Work for Oklahomans

August 8, 2025 Alec Mena

The federal 340B Drug Pricing Program was intended to provide discounts on drugs to patients but the lack of a clear intent and patient definition, along with inadequate oversight, has led to the program being exploited by hospitals and contract pharmacies to generate millions of dollars in profit.  The discounts are supposed to be provided […]

340B, Entitlements, General Waste, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals

Price Controls on Medicaid Would Be Disastrous and Fail to Cut Wasteful Spending

May 4, 2025 Eric Maus

President Trump has made government efficiency a top priority.  These efforts include eliminating improper payments and ensuring that only those who are eligible for government programs receive the benefits, including Medicaid.  As President Trump said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, May 4, 2025, “if illegal immigrants are in the mix, if people that aren’t […]

USPTO-FDA Study Debunks Critics and Demonstrates the Importance of Protecting IP
Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Pharmaceuticals

USPTO-FDA Study Debunks Critics and Demonstrates the Importance of Protecting IP

September 6, 2024 Deborah Collier

USPTO-FDA study reinforces the need to protect pharmaceutical intellectual property rights for the future of new drug development.

Not-So-Happy Birthday to the Inflation Reduction Act
Biopharmaceuticals, General Waste, Healthcare, Medicare, Pharmaceuticals

Not-So-Happy Birthday to the Inflation Reduction Act

August 15, 2024 Christina Smith

The Inflation Reduction Act will ultimately raise drug costs and reduce future cures.

General Waste, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, International, Pharmaceuticals, States

FDA Hurts Patients By Authorizing Florida’s Drug Importation Program

January 12, 2024 Christina Smith

On January 5, 2024, the U.S. FDA authorized Florida’s drug importation program. 

General Waste, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Pharmaceuticals

Misguided Use of March-In Rights Will Harm Patients

December 6, 2023 Christina Smith

The use of march-in rights to steal intellectual property will neither lower costs nor create more access to healthcare.

General Waste, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Medicare, Pharmaceuticals

Biden Price Controls Kill Innovation and Patients

October 6, 2023 Christina Smith

 IRA drug price controls will devastate future drug development, resulting in more lives lost.

General Waste, Healthcare, Medicare, Pharmaceuticals

Congress Should not Double Down on Devastating Drug Price Controls

August 1, 2023 Christina Smith

House Democrats’ new bill on price controls will devastate future drug development and raise costs. 

Biopharmaceuticals, General Waste, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Pharmaceuticals, Regulations

Biden’s Budget and the SMART Prices Act Will Devastate Drug Development

June 24, 2023 Thomas Schatz

Pharmaceutical price controls in President Biden’s budget and the SMART Choices Act will devastate drug development.

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