I think there's a study out there that shows that while brand name drugs are about 10 percent of all drugs that are dispensed, I think that's including biologics in the equation, they make up about 72 percent of the annual U.S. drug spending.
Sarbanes highlights the financial impact of brand name drugs on U.S. drug spending.
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Thanks very much, Mr. Chairman. And congratulations on taking up the leadership of this subcommittee.
Are you looking at ways to redesign core features like the ones I mentioned to be less manipulative--excuse me--and addictive for users, and can you commit to making some of those modifications here today?
Maryland's total-cost-of-care model also allows our State to invest in other health system goals, like lowering the maternal mortality rate and the opioid overdose mortality rate.
TikTok itself has acknowledged that these features and others, like the endless scroll feature, can have an outsized effect on teens.
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