Scott Got­tlieb has some ideas about block­ing any more would-be Mar­tin Shkrelis from price goug­ing

FDA com­mis­sion­er Scott Got­tlieb wants to stop the next Mar­tin Shkre­li be­fore he, or she, gets start­ed on the next drug price goug­ing scan­dal. And shin­ing a bright light on the drugs most vul­ner­a­ble to pric­ing abuse will be one way to get start­ed.

In tes­ti­mo­ny be­fore the House ap­pro­pri­a­tions sub­com­mit­tee Thurs­day, the new com­mis­sion­er high­light­ed sev­er­al meth­ods that could pre­vent bio­phar­ma com­pa­nies from gam­ing the sys­tem, fo­cus­ing specif­i­cal­ly on “sit­u­a­tions where off-patent drugs lack an ap­proved gener­ic com­peti­tor.” Got­tlieb will get the FDA to pub­lish a list of drugs that are off patent “for which FDA has not ap­proved a sin­gle gener­ic ap­pli­cant.”

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