PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

In the Senate, Sanders has introduced a bill (S.2210) that would end the monopoly system that enables drug companies to charge excessive prices for the prescription drugs they develop.  Instead, it would establish a prize fund to reward companies for new or improved drugs that have real benefits, in exchange for which any company could sell the drug on the market at generic prices.  It is estimated that this could reduce prescription drug prices by 80% 

Learn more about Senator Sanders’ efforts regulate prescription drug prices:

03/04/2008 As drug ads surge, more get Rx's filled (USA Today)
02/12/2008 Agency sat on 'bupe' study (Baltimore Sun)
02/12/2008 Committee Hearing on the State of Primary Care Training
01/23/2008 Invent a Drug, Win $1 Million (Slate Magazine)
10/26/2007 The Week in Review
10/21/2007 The Week in Review