Healthy Discourse Series presents: Can California do something about drug prices in this election?

October 25, 2016
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Lange room, UCSF Parnassus Library

 

Audience Suggested Resources: 

Can We Do Something Now About Drug Prices In California? (Video) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcD2vmEVKLg

Politifact on Prop 61: 
http://politifact.com/california/article/2016/oct/12/bernie-sanders-prop-61-great-california-taxpayers-/

United States Senate Finance Committee report on Sovaldi, the Hepatitis C drug that costs $1,000 per pill: 
http://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-grassley-sovaldi-investigation-finds-revenue-driven-pricing-strategy-behind-84-000-hepatitis-drug

The Incidental Economist on the Orphan Drugs Act (a law to spur development of drugs for rare conditions)
http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/thinking-straight-about-orphan-drugs-part-1

The Chemical Engineer on Pfizer's penicillin pioneers
http://www.thechemicalengineer.com/~/media/Documents/TCE/Articles/2010/824/824chemengchangeworld.pdf