WASHINGTON - Legislation aimed at speeding the availability of cheaper generic ***** has stalled in Congress in the face of major lobbying by the **** industry.
...A plaintiff in that case, Helen Donega of North Adams, Mass., said she was saving only about 5 percent off the brand-name price when she purchased the Barr generic tamoxifen in 1998 and 1999. Donega, who had insurance through Medicare but no **** coverage, said she had to pay between $85 and $90 a month for the ****.
She eventually bought tamoxifen in Canada for about one-10th of the price she was paying in the U.S.
Donega, 75, who had a mastectomy and has been cancer-free for several years, said she was amazed when she learned of the deal between Barr and AstraZeneca, which sold tamoxifen under the brand name Nolvadex. AstraZeneca's patent on the **** has since expired.
"I must have been naive. I thought the government was on our side," she said. "No, the government isn't on our side. Big PhRMA is powerful and has a lot of money. That's whose side they're on."
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...A plaintiff in that case, Helen Donega of North Adams, Mass., said she was saving only about 5 percent off the brand-name price when she purchased the Barr generic tamoxifen in 1998 and 1999. Donega, who had insurance through Medicare but no **** coverage, said she had to pay between $85 and $90 a month for the ****.
She eventually bought tamoxifen in Canada for about one-10th of the price she was paying in the U.S.
Donega, 75, who had a mastectomy and has been cancer-free for several years, said she was amazed when she learned of the deal between Barr and AstraZeneca, which sold tamoxifen under the brand name Nolvadex. AstraZeneca's patent on the **** has since expired.
"I must have been naive. I thought the government was on our side," she said. "No, the government isn't on our side. Big PhRMA is powerful and has a lot of money. That's whose side they're on."
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