AUGUSTA –– The Maine Senate narrowly passed a bill Thursday that would lower prescription drug prices by requiring brand-name pharmaceutical producers to provide samples of their drugs to generic producers. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, would align with federal law and, hopefully, stimulate the production of generic and less expensive alternatives once a brand-name drug’s patent expires. “The high cost of medicine is a burden on Mainers all over our state, all while Big Pharma makes an obscene fortune on the backs of our families” Jackson said.
Maine Senate Gives Initial Approval To Drug Pricing Bill
Eric Russell, Portland Press Herald
Thu, 06/22/2017 - 2:50pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Maine Cumberland County Portland
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