“[Pharmaceutical companies argue that drug costs are justified.] It's important to look at the prices of medicines in the context of the cost that it takes to get a medicine in the first place, ... On average, (it's) about $500 million for each new medicine that gets to market.”
Alan Holmer
“What the people needed most from the forthcoming Budget was certainty. I am calling on the government to establish a ceiling on utility tariffs and to commit itself not to raise administrative fees.”
Joseph Muscat
“Senator Burns should stand up to the big pharmaceutical companies and let Medicare negotiate drug prices to make them more affordable for our senior citizens. We need a program that works for seniors, not against them.”
Jon Tester
“Good kinda crazy, beautiful circus. Her love serves a sort of pharmaceutical purpose.”
Dedrick D. L. Pitter
“The War On Drugs is a for-profit oxymoron being fought on the wrong battlefields. In any real war named as such, all artillery should be aimed squarely at the pharmaceutical industry.”
Sean Kevin Sweeney
“This is what happens when you privatize Medicare. The Medicare prescription drug benefit is a massive giveaway to pharmaceutical companies, creating disastrous health effects for the nation's poor and elderly citizens.”
Pedro Rodriguez
“We're just not going to sit back and continue to allow the big, powerful pharmaceutical industry to price gouge the senior citizens and working people of our state. People should be able to afford the medicine they need and they should be able to get the best price they can for it.”
Rod Blagojevich
