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Obama executive order to control drug prices 8 years 5 months ago #9146
observer.com/2016/01/top-dem-obama-to-si...ription-drug-prices/ President Barack Obama will sign an executive order that will limit what pharmaceutical companies can charge, Congressman Charles Rangel, the dean of New York City’s congressional delegation, announced Tuesday night. YMMV The following user(s) said Thank You: Joy, LondonGirl, mgalbrai, Paul-Jarman-facebook, sonix, MtGoat | |
Obama executive order to control drug prices 8 years 5 months ago #9159
I sincerely hope Obama can pull it off. Things are warming up. Here's another article about asking US taxpayers for a solution: After 18 months spent slicing and dicing 20,000 pages of Gilead Sciences ($GILD) documents and emails, a Senate investigation concluded that the drugmaker put very high price tags on its hep C cures Sovaldi and Harvoni, knowing full well that would keep some patients in need from affording them. Now the Senate sponsors of the inquiry are asking payers and public, based on what was learned, just what can the government do to discourage untenable drug prices without stepping all over pharma innovation. The letter from Republican Sen. Charles Grassley and Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden points out that taxpayers should have a say on drug prices since much of the cost of paying for the drugs falls to taxpayer-paid programs which have been strained by their high prices. They are seeking "thoughtful feedback" by March 4 to questions in which they generally asked: What is the impact on the market when you have a single source for a breakthrough drug? Are payers getting all the info they need to gauge what the costs and patient volume will be and what the potential improvement a therapy will provide? Where does the concept of "value" play into the debate on drug pricing? How can more price transparency be achieved without deterring innovation? And finally, what tools exist or are needed to address high drug costs, particularly for low income patients, and Medicaid programs? www.fiercepharma.com/story/yes-gilead-pu...ators-ask/2016-01-22 And here's the official letter from Wyden & Grassley to the "Healthcare and Patient Community" www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/012...eedback%20FINAL4.pdf NSW Australia. Genotype 1b 30+ years, F0-F1, VL 91,000 Feb 2015 (740,000 in 2010), Tx naive. Ordered Sof/Dac from Buyers Club 21 Sept, received 14 Oct. Virus UNDETECTED at 3 weeks AND 12 weeks (EOT) AND SVR4 AND SVR12 AND SVR24. A thousand thankyous to Dr James and the amazing FixHepC team. | |
Obama executive order to control drug prices 8 years 5 months ago #9162
Hopefully, these developments and REDEMPTION generics will be the multi-pronged attack needed to force change. Mike This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. forums.delphiforums.com/generichcvtx G 1a F-1 Started tx 10/23/15 (Meso sof & led) ALT 48 AST 28 v/l 1.6 mil 11/17/15 4 wk lab ALT 17 AST 16 <15 11/18/15 Started Harvoni 12/16/15 8 wk lab ALT: 15 AST: 13 V/l UND 1/14/16 Fin. Tx 7/07/16 UND SVR 24 The following user(s) said Thank You: Joy | |
Obama executive order to control drug prices 8 years 5 months ago #9167
| I hope David Cameron's listening GT1a Dec14 F2/8.7 VL 900000-2.5M Jan16 Hepcivir-L MonkMed/Redemption Baseline: VL 913575 Alt 76 Platelets low Wk2 VL1157 Alt 23 DET Wk 8 VL 32 Alt19 'In the slow lane' June16 Fibro 5.7 F0/1 LIF 1.5 Wk 11 VL<12 Alt 13 Det/Unq Extending tx 12 wks Mylan Sofo/Dac MonkMed Wk 14 VL <12 Det/Unq Wk 16 VL UNDETECTED Wk 22 + 4 Wks Sunprevir FixHepC Wk 24 UNDETECTED Alt 13 Wk 12 post tx SVR12 Wk 26 SVR24 Thank-you Tim, Dr Debasis @ MonkMed & Dr Freeman @ Fix HepC |
Obama executive order to control drug prices 8 years 5 months ago #9182
I read this sentence from Dr James' link and my jaw just drops in astonishment. "Medicare Part D, created under President George W. Bush in 2003, underwrites prescription drugs for those participating in the federal program, but prohibits the government from negotiating with pharmaceutical companies for lower prices." So the Pharma's get to name the price that they charge for drugs used in the U.S. Medicare program and the government gets no say in it? G3a since '78 - Dx '12 - F4 (2xHCC) 24wk Tx - PEG/Riba/Dac 2013 relapsed 24wk Tx - Generic Sof/Dac/Riba 2015/16 relapsed 16wk Tx - 12/01/17 -> 03/05/17 NS3/NS5a + Generic Sof SVR7 - 22/06/17 UND SRV12 - 27/07/17 UND SVR24 - 26/10/17 UND | |
Obama executive order to control drug prices 8 years 5 months ago #9184
Yes GAJ, truly gobsmacking. George W's legacies live on in so many disastrous ways. The system is broken. And now US Senators asking their public how to fix it. So to all our American friends, start writing - time for people power! NSW Australia. Genotype 1b 30+ years, F0-F1, VL 91,000 Feb 2015 (740,000 in 2010), Tx naive. Ordered Sof/Dac from Buyers Club 21 Sept, received 14 Oct. Virus UNDETECTED at 3 weeks AND 12 weeks (EOT) AND SVR4 AND SVR12 AND SVR24. A thousand thankyous to Dr James and the amazing FixHepC team. The following user(s) said Thank You: Gaj | |
Obama executive order to control drug prices 8 years 5 months ago #9186
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It's gets better and betterer ..... Donald Rumsfield who was in W's cabinet at the time happens to be a large shareholder in Gilead sciences who helped develop Tamiflu. Remember the drug the worlds gov'ts were encouraged to buy at exhorbitant prices and never used Two time relapser. SVR 4 achieved 12/16 at last SVR 12 achieved 22/02/2017 The Bastard has been defeated GT 3 - about 28 yrs with HCV |
Obama executive order to control drug prices 8 years 5 months ago #9195
The "no price negotiation" part of Medicare Part D is probably the worst example, but consider: Donald Rumsfeld was Chairman of Gilead from 1997 until 2001 before resigning to become Secretary of Defense. Several Gilead / Pharma benefiting events occurred during the time D.R. was part of G.W.B.'s inner circle. The US DOD begins to stockpile Tamiflu (a barely effective drug) not long after D.R. becomes Secretary of defence. www.huffingtonpost.com/david-h-newman-md/tamiflu_b_4400584.html www.vaccines.mil/documents/870TamifluReleasePolicy.pdf and although Tamiflu was purchased from Roche, Gilead licensed it to Roche so were a significant beneficiary: Gilead receives a blended royalty on sales of Tamiflu, tiered from 14 to 22 percent based on Roche's annual net sales. investors.gilead.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=699...ewsArticle&ID=783456 YMMV | |
Obama executive order to control drug prices 8 years 5 months ago #9199
Article on that fine fellow Donald Rumsfeld www.national-toxic-encephalopathy-foundation.org/rumasp.pdf Aspartame yumm GT 1b HCV 34yrs VL abt 2,000,000 F1-F2 AST34 ALT45 Day 37 ALT 14 AST 20 UND EOT 4weeks UND | |
Obama executive order to control drug prices 8 years 5 months ago #9200
Old Rummy was an angel compared to some of the characters running Congress now. M This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. forums.delphiforums.com/generichcvtx G 1a F-1 Started tx 10/23/15 (Meso sof & led) ALT 48 AST 28 v/l 1.6 mil 11/17/15 4 wk lab ALT 17 AST 16 <15 11/18/15 Started Harvoni 12/16/15 8 wk lab ALT: 15 AST: 13 V/l UND 1/14/16 Fin. Tx 7/07/16 UND SVR 24 The following user(s) said Thank You: splitdog | |
Obama executive order to control drug prices 8 years 5 months ago #9224
And i don't trust ANY of them. Especially that 'Obama' fellow. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Genotype 3 VL 4,100,000 ALT 101 AST 71 Treatment Naive Started Sof/Dac Jan 12, 2016 VL= <15 4 weeks in. AST/ALT normal. VL=UNDETECTED 8 weeks in. SVR4= Virus back. 3,300,000 Started generic Epclusa Sep. 23, 2017 4 weeks in <15 *Detected. 12 weeks in <15 *Not Detected. 16 weeks in <15 *Not Detected. Finished 24 weeks treatment 3-17-18 SVR5 <15 Not Detected. SVR 20 <15 Not Detected. SVR 44 <15 Not Detected. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Dr. James | |
Obama executive order to control drug prices 8 years 4 months ago #11091
Jeffrey Sachs, Professor of Economics at Columbia University, Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, spoke on Radio National this morning. Although the title is "Growing criticism over Hillary Clinton's links to military and financial establishments", go to 8 minutes to hear his criticism of the US paying $1000 per pill for medicines that cost $1 per pill to produce. mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2016/02/bst_20160218_0815.mp3 NSW Australia. Genotype 1b 30+ years, F0-F1, VL 91,000 Feb 2015 (740,000 in 2010), Tx naive. Ordered Sof/Dac from Buyers Club 21 Sept, received 14 Oct. Virus UNDETECTED at 3 weeks AND 12 weeks (EOT) AND SVR4 AND SVR12 AND SVR24. A thousand thankyous to Dr James and the amazing FixHepC team. The following user(s) said Thank You: Gaj | |
Obama executive order to control drug prices 8 years 4 months ago #11106
| This is great news! As long as the government doesn't go too far (I have faith, even cutting the price in half would be a major achievement in USA Pharmasset, the company Gilead bought that created the drug was going to charge $35K for 12 weeks of Harvoni. While still expensive, in the US I think most insurance carriers would pay for it for most patients. But Twinvir (generic Harvoni) is under $1500 for 12 weeks, shipped via DHL to your door If you are in USA, email my friend at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for details ;) Gt 1a, F0, VL 6.5 million, AST 59, ALT 62 Started Twinvir 1/15/16 6 wk. labs VL UND, AST 27, ALT 20 EOT labs VL UND, AST 23, ALT 19 SVR 16, VL UND, AST 28, ALT 17 SVR 24 , VL UND, 10/8/16 SVR 125, VL UND, 9/22/18 SVR 230, VL UND, 10/3/20 The following user(s) said Thank You: mgalbrai |
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