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On the recordMarch 22, 2021
We want the orphan drug benefit, but we also don't want this kind of arbitrage where it then introduces a higher price than it should be for something else.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana

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Cassidy emphasizes the need to balance orphan drug benefits with pricing issues.

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