US President and Vice President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris announced in a statement on Thursday a “historic” drop in the prices of ten drugs for the elderly, just months before the US elections.
The deal, the result of unprecedented negotiations between the federal health insurance system for the elderly and the labs, will save beneficiaries $1.5 billion (€1.4 billion) and taxpayers $6 billion (€5.4 billion) in the first year, according to the White House.
The newly agreed-upon prices will affect the prices of drugs used by millions of older Americans to fight diabetes, blood cancers and prevent heart failure or blood clots.
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