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What you need to know about H.R. 3

By Tom Wilbur  |    December 12, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s drug pricing proposal, H.R. 3, which is being voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives today, is unprecedented in size and scope. It dramatically expands the...   Read More

R&D Focus: Four ways the biopharmaceutical industry leads in delivering new treatments and cures

By Andrew Powaleny  |    December 9, 2019
In recent years, rapid advances in scientific discovery have ushered in a new era of medicine, transforming our ability to treat, and in some cases cure, some of the most challenging diseases,...   Read More

New poll: 76% of voters concerned Speaker Pelosi’s plan would result in fewer new medicines

By Nicole Longo  |    December 5, 2019
The House of Representatives has spent much of this fall focused on Speaker Pelosi’s drug pricing bill, H.R.3, but a recent survey of nearly 2,000 registered voters confirms that H.R.3 is not the...   Read More

Guest post: H.R.3 is the wrong approach to help patients like me

By Guest Contributor  |    November 26, 2019
Conversations and healthy debate about issues facing our industry and the health care system are critical to addressing some of today’s challenges and opportunities. The Catalyst welcomes guest...   Read More

Speaker Pelosi’s drug pricing plan could result in 56 fewer new medicines over 10 years

By Juliet Johnson  |    November 21, 2019
A new analysis from economic consulting firm Vital Transformation shows that Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s drug pricing plan, H.R.3, could result in at least 56 fewer innovative medicines for patients over...   Read More

Pelosi’s radical plan would leave patients with sickle cell disease behind

By Tom Wilbur  |    November 14, 2019
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most commonly inherited genetic blood disorder, affecting nearly 100,000 children and adults in the United States. Three million Americans carry the sickle cell trait...   Read More

R&D Focus: It takes an ecosystem to deliver innovative new therapies

By Richard Moscicki, M.D.  |    November 14, 2019
We are living in a new era of medicine where innovations are transforming our ability to attack the cause of a disease, not just the symptoms. Today, concepts, such as cell and gene therapies, that...   Read More

Pelosi’s radical plan would leave patients with rare pediatric diseases behind

By Tom Wilbur  |    November 7, 2019
There are about 7,000 rare diseases and half of these affect children. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 30 million Americans, or 10 percent of the population, have one of the...   Read More

What they are saying: Negative impact of Pelosi’s plan on biopharmaceutical innovation

By Tom Wilbur  |    October 31, 2019
Recently, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a radical drug pricing plan, H.R. 3, that would be the wrong approach for patients, the U.S. health care system and the economy.   Read More

Pelosi’s radical plan leaves lung cancer patients behind

By Tom Wilbur  |    October 23, 2019
Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer in men and women and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. In 2019 alone, there will be an estimated 228,000 new lung...   Read More

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