BIO demands withdrawal of 'draconian' IPI proposals

11 January 2019

US President Donald Trump's administration has been criticized for continuing to defend 'flawed' proposals for changing the way that Medicare drug prices are set.

Mr Trump and Alex Azar, Secretary for Health and Human Services, announced plans for the new Medicare Part B model using the international pricing index (IPI) in October, saying that they would cut down on “foreign freeloading” and reduce US drug prices.

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), the lobbying group for the US biotech industry, was among those to express concerns about the plans at the time, and it has accused the administration of defending them with rhetoric that is as 'flawed' as the plans themselves.

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