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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe FDA quietly changed the rules to block the next Martin Shkreli
The FDA quietly changed the rules to block the next Martin Shkreliby Beth Mole at arstechnica
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/03/the-fda-quietly-changed-the-rules-to-block-the-next-martin-shkreli/
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With a tiny change to the rules, the Food and Drug Administration made it a bit harder for Martin Shkreli and his ilk to make a killing by jacking up the prices of off-patent drugs.
The regulatory tweak now allows a priority or expedited review process for any generic drug that would compete with an off-patent drug that is only made by one companythe kinds of drugs that have seen skyrocketing price tags of late. The faster review process could cut the window for a pharmaceutical company to have a monopoly over the drug from years to months, sharply cutting profits from potential price gouging.
In an e-mail to Bloomberg, FDA spokesperson Sandy Walsh wrote that the agency expects as many as 125 generic drug applications will now be fast-tracked due to the change. The agency previously expedited reviews of generics that would compete with newly off-patent brand name drugs.
The FDAs revision comes amid nationwide outrage over the price-gouging ways of the pharmaceutical industry, with several companies in particular standing out, including Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Martin Shkrelis former company Turing Pharmaceuticals. Both companiesand the latter's reviled former-CEOhave been summoned before the House and Senate to explain seemingly heartless price increases of life-saving medications.
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The FDA quietly changed the rules to block the next Martin Shkreli (Original Post)
applegrove
Mar 2016
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tblue37
(65,336 posts)1. KnR for visibility. nt
librechik
(30,674 posts)2. wow--the FDA can just change its rules? Who knew
Maybe they could just make a little tweak and allow themselves to negotiate for prices on drugs? You know that little thing that's tearing the country apart?
I thought they were powerless to do anything about their rules.