DPZ - Prepare For The Prescription Drug Price Battle
Beware Falling Drug Prices
After this week it's clear investors in pharma companies must contend with increasing political heat over drug pricing. Though drug prices have been a key talking point for President Trump since the 2016 campaign, newly elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez ("AOC") is driving renewed attention to the issue. In a recent video clip she focused on the role public research plays in the development of products that eventually become highly profitable drugs, and by implication how the results of those efforts should be shared between the public and private sectors.
Derek