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Senate to ‘compel’ pharma CEO testimony

January 29, 2019 11:51 PM UTC

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said at the start of a hearing Tuesday they will demand that pharma CEOs testify publicly about drug pricing after several companies declined invitations. The Senate hearing coincided with a drug pricing hearing by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

In opening remarks, Grassley complained about the "lack of cooperation" from drugmakers, reporting that only two of several who were invited agreed to testify at a public hearing. He did not identify them...