Pharmaceutical Industry Raises Issue with Cuomo's Drug Price Control Proposal

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The pharmaceutical industry is pushing back against Governor Cuomo's prescription drug price control proposal, arguing that it would lead to cuts in research. And they are pointing the finger at insurance companies and companies known as pharmacy benefit managers for the high costs paid by patients. Peter Pitts is a former FDA Associate Commissioner for External Relations and is now President of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest.

 
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