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Rep. Pallone is wrong about priority review vouchers

Muddled thinking undermines support for an incentive that brings new drugs to kids

September 23, 2024 11:06 PM UTC

New Jersey lawmaker Frank Pallone has over the years used a variety of arguments to criticize priority review vouchers, which is unfortunate because as the ranking Democrat on the House Energy & Commerce Committee, an advocate for children, and representative of a district that is home to pharmaceutical companies and their employees, he ought to know better.

Last week, he came up with a new argument. ...