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24
Jul
2020

A Blueprint to Understand Executive Authority on Allowing Safe Personal Drug Importation

Today, President Trump announced four executive orders with the stated intent of substantially lowering drug prices. Briefly, the administration’s bluster on drug prices over the past three years has been far louder than any actions taken to actually do something about it. Better late than never. The orders call for and include: 1) Lower prices on EpiPens and insulin, 2) Allowing personal drug importation, 3) Ending profit-taking by pharmacy benefit manager middlemen, and 4) “most favored nation” drug price negotiation in Medicare, meaning Medicare would get the lowest price on drugs of any country.

02
Jul
2020

Prescription Justice Board of Directors Releases Statement on Covid-19

The Prescription Justice Board of Directors recently approved a statement regarding Covid-19. The Board recognizes that Covid-19 infuses the crisis of high drug prices with greater life-and-death urgency.

10
Mar
2020

Prescription Justice President Submitted Comments to the Food and Drug Administration Regarding Section 804 Importation of Prescription Drugs

Gabriel Levitt, President of Prescription Justice submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) titled "Importation of Prescription Drugs, FDA-2019-N-5711, 84 Fed. Reg. 70796.

21
Feb
2020

Opportunities for Safe Personal Drug Importation under Section 801; Public Comments from Prescription Justice

Prescription Justice founder Gabriel Levitt submitted the comments below in response to the FDA’s request for comments on its draft guidance related to “Importation of Certain FDA-Approved Human Prescription Drugs, Including Biological Products, under Section 801(d)(1)(B) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Draft Guidance for Industry.”

31
Dec
2019

Prescription Justice President’s Statement Becomes Part of the Congressional Record

Prescription Justice is proud to announce that a statement prepared by PJ President Gabriel Levitt for the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee on “Investing In The U.S. Health System By Lowering Drug Prices, Reducing, Out-of-Pocket Costs and Improving the Medicare Benefit” is now part of the official congressional record.