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Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Putting Patients First: Innovative Solutions for Prescription Drugs & Older Americans

U.S. Senator Tim Scott, Ranking Member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, has published a report exploring the consequences of Democrats' prescription drug price control policies; which include long-term drug shortages (an almost 50 percent decline in access to medicines); shattered innovation (a 50-90 percent decline in new medicines); and bankrupt businesses (an economic loss in the trillions of dollars).

The report also describes four policy options to reduce lower prices and expand access to treatment. Read more at this link.