Sanders and Cummings are putting the heat on Ariad.
Bernie Sanders is on a mission to make Ariad the new Mylan
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joined Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) in demanding that Araid Pharmaceuticals justify their recent price increases on leukemia medication.
Iclusig, the drug in question, has had its cost raised four times in 2016 alone. Its annual cost is now almost $200,000 annually, leadings Sanders and Cummings to write “these outrageous sales tactics indicate that Ariad is more concerned with its profit than with its patients.” The two lawmakers plan on investigating whether Ariad tweaks pill dosages and quantities in order to charge patients and insurers more money even while providing less medication. “In the interest of patients and taxpayers, we are interested in learning more about the impact that the escalating price and restrictions on product availability have had,” Sanders and Cummings wrote in a public letter to the company.
http://www.salon.com/2016/10/21/bernie-sanders-is-on-a-mission-to-make-ariad-the-new-mylan/
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