This isn’t a game.
We must do more as a society to make sure that my daughter and others like her can always afford the prescription drugs they need.
Patients For Affordable Drugs Releases New Video Debunking Big Pharma’s Myths About Innovation and Drug Prices
Patients For Affordable Drugs (P4AD) released a new video today debunking Big Pharma’s myth that any limits on its unilateral power to dictate prices on brand-name drugs will kill innovation and new drug development.
How will my daughter afford this drug for the rest of her life?
As Lily gets older, and I can’t take care of her, why does her health and frankly her life have to be put on the line just so pharma can turn massive profits?
I’ve been forced to ration my insulin or simply go without.
We must find a balance between innovation and affordability, and patients like me can’t wait any longer for change.
What good will new drugs do if they are too expensive for me to access?
Without expensive biologic medications, my spine could fuse and leave me unable to walk by the time I’m out of school.
I was forced to ration my supply of a drug that is as vital to me as water.
I could have died. I slipped into a diabetic coma just as my mother arrived to advocate for me.
ICYMI: New York Times Opinion: Taxpayers Fund Research and Drug Companies Make a Fortune
The New York Times today published an op-ed by David Mitchell, cancer patient and founder of Patients For Affordable Drugs.
I don’t know how I’ll be able to afford treatment.
Instead of enjoying my retirement and focusing on my health, I carry around the overwhelming burden of Imbruvica’s price.
