Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., is making a full-court press on getting the word out on the need for follow-on biologics. In its “Year of Affordable Healthcare” campaign, Teva is putting put together videos to argue for generics, just as the White House is making its position known on the need for biogenerics (read: need for lower costs).
The program commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Waxman-Hatch Act which created the modern generic drugs industry and features videos that ask the “man on the street” in Washington, D.C. what they think about healthcare in the U.S. It wouldn’t take the Amazing Kreskin to guess that people want lower healthcare costs. It’s a thorny issue with some biotech therapies costing as much as $500,000 annually.
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