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Jeff Fortenberry: Americans, again, are worried about drug prices, and while I realize you only play a partial role in debating the policy…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2019
Americans, again, are worried about drug prices, and while I realize you only play a partial role in debating the policy as to how to bring down these prices and increasing values to patients, I hope that we will see a robust plan to accelerate generic approvals and to minimize the perverse effects of circumventing drug and device patents, as well as to encourage more safe manufacture of the generics themselves.
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Jeff Fortenberry
Republican · Nebraska

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Fortenberry emphasizes the need for a plan to lower drug prices and improve generic drug manufacturing.

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