Do you think, Dr. Califf, that that type of expenditure has any impact on the fact that we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs?
Bernie Sanders: “Do you think, Dr. Califf, that that type of expenditure has any impact on the fact that we pay, by far, the highest…”
On the recordNovember 16, 2015
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Senator Sanders questions the influence of pharmaceutical lobbying on drug prices.
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