- Senators grill pharmaceutical CEOs about high drug prices https://www.apnews.com/9e47183e76a646f1aa19c405be94541a 9 comments politics
- Joe Biden reportedly praised pharmaceutical companies at a private party despite publicly railing against high drug prices https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-praised-pharmaceutical-companies-private-2019-9 355 comments politics
- Higher prices for off-patent, generic drugs in the US than comparable countries is due to monopoly power in the US pharmaceutical industry and high barriers to entry. In instances with five or more drug competitors, off-patent drug prices in the US are similar or lower than in comparable countries. https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/rest_a_01130/107666/Markups-and-Fixed-Costs-in-Generic-and-Off-Patent?redirectedFrom=fulltext 47 comments science