How the biopharma industry is helping to pay for the bipartisan infrastructure bill
Senators on Sunday finalized the text of a massive, bipartisan infrastructure bill that contains little that might impact the biopharma industry other than two ways the legislators are planning to pay for the $1.2 trillion deal.
On the one hand, senators are seeking to further delay a Trump-era Medicare Part D rule related to drug rebates, this time until 2026. Senators claim the rule could end up saving about $49 billion (and that number increased this week to $51 billion), but the PBM industry has attacked it as it would remove rebates from a safe harbor that provides protection from federal anti-kickback laws.
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