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Bera & Peters Urge FDA to Act to Reduce Drug Prices

Press Release

By: Ami Bera
By: Ami Bera
Date: Feb. 3, 2016
Location: Washington, D.C.
Issues: Health and Health Care

Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. and Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) are leading a group of 28 members of Congress to urge the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take steps to reduce the sky-rocketing costs of generic prescription drugs.

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"Americans should be able to access quality, affordable prescription medication," Congressman Bera said. "Competition is critical to maintaining reasonable pricing and the backlog in generic drug applications, as well as the unintended consequences of the Unapproved Drugs Initiative, has created opportunities for some irresponsible drug companies to make a lot of money while Americans suffer. This is not acceptable. We urge the FDA to take these common sense steps to help increase competition and lower drug costs."


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