Biotech Companies Express Concern With Proposed Changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP)
April 11, 2024
We, the undersigned, are writing to express our strong concern with a proposed update to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. If finalized in its current form, the proposed rule (CMS-2434-P) would impose significant costs to the government and industry and create extensive barriers to patient access to existing innovative therapies and to developing new cures for Medicaid enrollees.1 As a result, it will deny some of the nation's most vulnerable patients access to the state-of-the-art medical care they deserve, both now and in the future.
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Biotech Companies Express Concern With Proposed changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program
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We, the undersigned, are writing to express our strong concern with a proposed update to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. If finalized in its current form, the proposed rule (CMS-2434-P) would impose significant costs to the government and industry and create extensive barriers to patient access to existing innovative therapies and to developing new cures for Medicaid enrollees.1 As a result, it will deny some of the nation's most vulnerable patients access to the state-of-the-art medical care they deserve, both now and in the future.