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9 April 2024NewsPharmaMuireann Bolger

US govt faces calls to green-light prostate cancer drug generics

Annual global sales of Pfizer and Astella blockbuster drug reach roughly $5 billion | Nonprofits argue the drug is sold at a price three to six times higher in the US than it’s priced in other similar high-income countries | Move to curb drug prices follows controversial march-in rights plan.

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