“We all share the goal of making drug prices more affordable,” Holtzman said. “That is a priority, but we can’t do that at the expense of making drugs less accessible, because at the end of the day, what good is affordability if you can’t get the drug in the first place.”
The organization believes a smarter approach would be to give Americans a personal option for prescription drugs that creates a greater supply of available medicines. It could be done by streamlining the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s drug approval process so that new drugs are approved as quickly as the COVID-19 vaccines were approved.
Holtzman said the government should also remove barriers that block access to generic versions of drugs, and allow for more legal drug importation from other countries.
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