(Bloomberg Gadfly) -- Things are about to get awkward for makers of drugs targeting multiple sclerosis.
On Thursday afternoon, House Democrats sent letters to prominent biopharma companies that sell MS treatments including Biogen Inc., Novartis AG, Roche Holding AG, and Sanofi, demanding a variety of information about the large and, according to the letters, often seemingly concerted price hikes they have taken as part of an "in-depth investigation." As would be expected, the news sparked a decline in the drugmakers' shares.
The investigation will throw an unwelcome spotlight on these companies' pricing practices and force the release of a lot of documents they'd rather not make public. But this is a pageant we've seen before. As uncomfortable as it will be for the drugmakers, it may not result in much lasting damage.
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