Biopharma Largely Avoids Partisan Bloodbath At US Pricing Hearing

Democrats spent most of their time complaining about Senate Republicans' closed-door process for developing healthcare legislation, leaving little time for the expert witnesses to weigh in on drug pricing.

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The biopharma industry seemed to escape the first of three hearings on the cost of prescription drugs held by the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions largely unscathed, as Democrats spent most of their time complaining about Senate Republican closed-door process for developing healthcare legislation and stayed away from in-depth discussions about Rx pricing.

"I think [drug pricing] is a really interesting discussion, but I think it is totally irrelevant to the most important...

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