Tweet - "America wastes billions of dollars on cancer drugs because Big Pharma produces over-sized drug vials that contain more medication that most patients need. Big Pharma can still charge patients for what's in the vial, not what they have to use. Sound fair?"

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"America wastes billions of dollars on cancer drugs because Big Pharma produces over-sized drug vials that contain more medication that most patients need. Big Pharma can still charge patients for what's in the vial, not what they have to use. Sound fair?"

"Takeda Pharmaceuticals sells its drug, Velcade in a 3.5 milligram vial. That holds enough medication to treat a person who is 6'6'' and weighs 250lbs. Takeda made $310 million in 2016 off of unused Velcade that got thrown in the trash, including tens of millions from Medicare."

"What makes this worse? These Costco-sized drug vials are only sold in America, while Big Pharma gives a better deal to Europe."

"These pharma fleecers, including Takeda, Eisai, Merck, and Genentech, choose to sell their expensive oncology drugs in excessively large drug vials that lead to waste. They got my second #PharmaFleeceAward today."

"I've introduced the bipartisan REFUND Act w/@senrobportman. It's simple: It says that taxpayers will only pay for the drug that is given to a patient, not for the part that is thrown away. Let's put an end to this pharma fleece."

@SenatorDurbin

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