The Right Prescription

I stumbled across a site today called The Right Prescription which is supported by a coalition that includes all the large PBMs along with some large employers and others.  It is primarily focused on generic biopharmaceuticals.  Here is the text on the home page:

Skyrocketing prescription drug costs are crippling America’s health care system and pricing many consumers out of the medicines they need to live. One clear answer to this health care crisis is to ensure consumer access to safe, effective, affordable generic drugs.

Yet today, an entire class of drugs called biopharmaceuticals lacks a clear pathway for the development and approval of generic versions, brand name drug manufacturers are using legal loopholes to extend their patents and the Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) lacks sufficient funding to review and approve of generic drug applications. Congress must provide a definitive FDA approval process for biogenerics, pass legislation such as the Lower PRICED Drugs Act (S. 2300) to close the loopholes that keep generic drugs off the market and increase funding for OGD to reduce its backlog and increase competition in the pharmaceutical market.

It’s time to tell our lawmakers that generic drugs save lives.