White House Threatens Innovation with Drug Price Indexing
Timmons: “The White House has chosen to dangle an axe above these manufacturers’ heads”
Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Manufacturers launched a new seven-figure television and digital ad campaign aimed at potential rules to address drug pricing through International Price Indexing.
“As the nation continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, we should not be enacting policies that could potentially stifle pharmaceutical innovation. Price-setting schemes manipulated by foreign governments have no place in our economy. They could impact our ability to develop cures for future pandemics, cancer or Alzheimer’s. So we’re unsure why the White House has chosen to dangle an axe above these manufacturers’ heads by threatening this policy,” said NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons.
“Manufacturers are constantly working to lower costs for top-quality medicines and therapies, and we know that importing policies that have failed elsewhere won’t achieve that goal.”
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