
What We're Reading: Drug Pricing Debate Among Dems; New Cigarette Alternative; Meth Use Surges
Progressive House Democrats press for a more aggressive remedy than arbitration to reduce drug prices; FDA permits the sale of a new cigarette alternative; use of methamphetamine surges in some parts of the United States.
Progressive Democrats Reject Arbitration for Fixing High Drug Prices
Yesterday, the Congressional Progressive Caucus urged Energy and Commerice Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr, D-NJ, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-MA, to support a bill allowing the government to strip drug companies of their monopolies if they refuse to set reasonable prices for expensive drugs,
FDA to Allow Sales of Cigarette Alternative
The FDA will allow the tobacco giant, Phillip Morris, to sell a new cigarette alternative, named IQOS, which heats sticks of tobacco without burning them and creates a nicotine-infused aerosol, according to
Meth Use On the Rise
Use of methamphetamine has been surging in parts of the United States,
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