Drug prices in ads: Senate passes amendment
The Senate spending bill passed Thursday and with it an amendment from Sens. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to require prescription drug advertisements to include prices.
The move, part of an effort to shine a light on pharmaceutical companies’ high drug prices, provides the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with $1 million to implement rules requiring pharmaceutical companies to list prices of their prescription drugs in direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertisements.
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