STAT+: Biotech investors push to extend time before pills are subject to price negotiations

Investors in biopharma companies, who lobbied vigorously — but unsuccessfully — against allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, are trying a new tactic to preserve their profits.

Oct 18, 2023 - 20:00
STAT+: Biotech investors push to extend time before pills are subject to price negotiations

The fight over drug prices is far from over.

Investors in biopharma companies, who lobbied vigorously — but unsuccessfully — against allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, are trying a new tactic to preserve their profits.

A group called the Incubate Coalition, comprising the venture capital firms that bankroll most biotech startups, is pressing US lawmakers to extend by four years the time that pills can be on the market before they become subject to price negotiations with Medicare.

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