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On the recordNovember 16, 2015
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?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Senator Sanders questions the influence of pharmaceutical lobbying on drug prices.

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