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Legal Strategies For Reining In "Unconscionable" Prices For Prescription Drugs, Michelle M. Mello, Rebecca E. Wolitz
Legal Strategies For Reining In "Unconscionable" Prices For Prescription Drugs, Michelle M. Mello, Rebecca E. Wolitz
Northwestern University Law Review
Policy discussions about the affordability of prescription drugs in the United States are infused with the theme that drug prices are unconscionably high. Many of the policy interventions proposed in Congress, the White House, and the states adopt this frame, authorizing regulatory action when prices exceed particular thresholds or otherwise constitute “price gouging” on the part of drug companies. Unsurprisingly, such initiatives have prompted legal challenges by the biopharmaceutical industry. State laws in particular are vulnerable to challenges on a number of grounds. In this Article, we focus on one avenue of challenge that has received little scholarly attention in …