Americans 'Hostages' To 'Ransom' Drug Prices, Senators Charge
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Drug companies like Turing Pharmaceuticals AG and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., which have significantly raised the prices of their older, off-patent drugs, were accused on Dec. 9 by lawmakers of holding American patients hostage for ransom – a situation some members of Congress argued needs to be controlled through price regulations, like those used to rein in the railroad, electric utilities and telephone industries.
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