05/01/2017
https://congress.gov...
"In the last two years of exclusivity you raised the price almost 20 percent."
"In fact, between 2013 and 2015, Novartis' price increase accelerated. It raised the price of Gleevec five times in two years. It turned out to be a 20 percent increase in that drug."
"The United States is the biggest spender, the Government of the United States is the biggest spender of drugs."
"At some point, the Federal Government cannot be the ultimate sucker here."