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Press Releases May 12, 2025

STATEMENT: P4ADNow Responds To Trump Administration’s ‘Most Favored Nation’ Drug Pricing Announcement

Patients For Affordable Drugs Now Executive Director Merith Basey issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s new Executive Order (EO) on drug pricing:

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RELEASE: P4ADNow and AARP Send Letter to Congress Opposing EPIC Act – An Epic Giveaway To Big Pharma That Would Undermine Medicare Negotiation

Patients For Affordable Drugs Now (P4ADNow) and AARP sent a joint letter to key House committee leaders opposing The EPIC Act (H.R. 1492), a bill that would delay when Medicare can negotiate lower…

Read Article Press Releases May 1, 2025

STATEMENT: Patients For Affordable Drugs Now Strongly Opposes Reintroduction of Patent Bills That Protect Pharma Profits Over Patients

Patients For Affordable Drugs Now strongly opposes the reintroduction of two harmful patent bills — the PREVAIL Act and the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act — which would further enable abuse of…

Read Article Press Releases Mar 14, 2025

RELEASE: Patients For Affordable Drugs Now Backs Bipartisan Crackdown On Big Pharma Patent Abuse

Patients For Affordable Drugs Now welcomes two bipartisan bills to curb some of Big Pharma’s abuses of the patent system in a renewed effort to lower prescription drug prices.

Read Article Press Releases Mar 6, 2025

RELEASE: Patients For Affordable Drugs Now Welcomes Reintroduction of Key Drug Price Reforms Cut from 2024 Year-End Bill

Patients For Affordable Drugs Now applauds the reintroduction of key bipartisan drug price reforms that were left out of the end-of-year package in 2024 due to last-minute political maneuvering.

Read Article Press Releases Feb 13, 2025

STATEMENT: Patients For Affordable Drugs Now Responds To Confirmation Of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As HHS Secretary

Following a narrow Senate vote, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was confirmed today as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Read Article Press Releases Dec 17, 2024

Patients For Affordable Drugs Now Applauds Inclusion Of Key Drug Pricing Reforms In End-Of-Year Health Care Package

Patients For Affordable Drugs Now (P4ADNow) is pleased to see critical drug pricing reforms included in the health care package attached to the continuing resolution (CR) released today.

Read Article Press Releases Nov 6, 2024

Patients For Affordable Drugs Now Responds To Results Of The U.S. Presidential Elections

Following the U.S. Presidential Election being called for Former President Donald Trump, David Mitchell, Founder of Patients For Affordable Drugs Now, issued the following statement:

Read Article Press Releases Jul 11, 2024

STATEMENT: P4ADNow Applauds Unanimous Senate Passage Of Bill To Curb Patent Thicketing, Urges Swift House Action To Lower Drug Prices

In a major step forward for patients and consumers, the U.S. Senate has unanimously passed the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 (S-150), to curb abuses of the patent system by…

Read Article Press Releases Jul 10, 2024

STATEMENT: Patients For Affordable Drugs Now Responds To Federal Trade Commission’s Scathing Report On Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Patients For Affordable Drugs Now (P4ADNow) issued the following statement in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) bipartisan interim staff report on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs):

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