Drug pricing: Further legal action launched against US government's price negotiations bmj.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bmj.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Lawsuits filed in opposition to the White House's drug pricing negotiation program are beginning to mount, but legal experts agree that the plaintiffs’ arguments probably won’t hold up during a court battle. However, these lawsuits still could delay when the government's ability to negotiate price goes into effect.
It was recently announced that drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. was suing the federal government due to a law, passed by Congressional Democrats last year as part of their misnamed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which allows the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to "negotiate", Vito Corleone (the Godfather) style, for lower drug prices on certain drugs.
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