Why have you raised the price of an insulin vial from $200 to $1,500? Why does Actimmune, for malignant osteopetrosis, sell for $350 in Britain and $26,000 in the U.S.? Why does Novartis charge $475,000 for its new cancer drug? Why does the gallstone drug Chenodal cost $42,570 a month?
If members of the Senate Finance Committee ask these questions of the seven pharmaceutical executives testifying on the Hill, they will probably hear, “because we can.”
Pharmaning uyatsiz foyda partiyasini o'tkazib yuborish qiyin. U o'zining eng qimmat dori-darmonlari uchun televidenie reklamalari bilan boshlandi, 5 xonali in'ektsion biologik dorilarning agressiv marketingiga yo'naltirildi va hatto chet elda to'xtab qoldi va u erda AQSh soliqlarini kamaytirishga harakat qildi. Ha, AQSh soliqlari u yashaydi.
Hozir hatto Kongress ham yig‘layapti amaki.
Pharma'da Kongressning har bir a'zosi uchun ikkita lobbichi bor. Bu tamaki, neft va mudofaa pudratchilaridan ko'ra lobbichilikka ko'proq mablag' sarflaydi. AQSh hukumati qo'lga olindi.
Want a chilling example? The CDC Foundation which receives millions from corporations (not that it affects policies or anything) lists as donors Abbott, AbbVie, Bayer, AstraZeneca, Merck, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Eli Lilly, Amgen, Genentech, Gilead and many more. (Many speculate that is why the CDC allows its name to be used in Gilead ads for its megapriced Hep C drug.)
Until 2010, PhRMA, Pharma’s top lobbying group, was headed by former Louisiana Representative Billy Tauzin who resigned from Congress where he chaired the committee which oversees the drug industry only to immediately reappear as the leader of PhRMA where he drew a $2 million salary. No conflict of interest there.
Tauzin Kongress orqali Medicare retsepti bo'yicha dori-darmonlar to'g'risidagi qonun loyihasini ishlab chiqishda muhim rol o'ynadi, bu esa hukumatning dori-darmonlar narxini pasaytirish va Kanada importi bo'yicha muzokaralarini taqiqlaydi. "Vashingtondagi siyosat haqida qayg'uli sharh, giyohvand moddalar sanoatiga foyda keltiradigan asosiy qonun loyihasini ishlab chiqqan Kongress a'zosi ushbu sohani boshqaradigan ishga kirishadi", dedi Public Citizen prezidenti Joan Kleybruk.
Two-thirds of Pharma lobbyists previously worked for Congress or federal agencies reports the Nyu-York Tayms. An aide to the late former Michigan Representative John D. Dingell now works for PhRMA, and an aide to former Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, who was the chair of the Senate health committee “is now a top lobbyist for Merck.” Gary Andres, former staff director of the House Energy and Commerce Committee now lobbies for biotech companies. And the list goes on.
Kongressni qo'lga kiritganingizdan so'ng, Pharma jozibali hujumga muhtoj deb o'ylamaysiz. Shunga qaramay, u soliqlar va sog'liqni saqlash xarajatlarini ko'tarib, jamoatchilikni bizning manfaatlarimiz borligiga ishontirish uchun millionlab mablag' sarflaydi. Yaqinda "Amerikaning biofarmatsevtika kompaniyalari" o'z ishlarini "muvaffaqiyatsizlikka ruxsat berish uchun" to'lov chizig'i bilan kuchaytirib, "Jasorat bilan boring" kampaniyasini olib bormoqda.
Yes, Pharma knows a lot about “permission to fail.” Over 20 of its drugs have been withdrawn from the market in recent years because they were so dangerous—after maximum money was made, of course. They include Vioxx, Bextra, Baycol, Trovan, Meridia, Seldane, Hismanal, Darvon, Raxar, Redux Mylotarg, Lotronex, Propulsid, phenylpropanolamine (PPA), Prexige, phenacetin, Oraflex, Omniflox, Posicor, Serzone and Duract. Meanwhile Humira is the best-selling prescription drug in the world though its immune system suppression invites tuberculosis, lethal infections, melanoma, lymphoma, “unusual cancers in children and teenagers” and, in a recent report, leprosy. Will senators grill Richard Gonzalez, the CEO of AbbVie, who makes Humira?
Pharma has gotten most of its extreme-priced drugs approved by parading “patients” in front of the FDA and insurance panels. What will happen when Pharma captains themselves are paraded in front of the Senate Finance Committee? Can this shameless industry be tamed?