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Pharma lobby group sues to bar California's drug price law

The state law attempts to dictate national health-care policy related to drug prices in violation of the United States Constitution, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America said in a statement Friday.

By Caroline Chen, Bloomberg | Updated on December 11, 2017
The law, signed in October, requires pharmaceutical companies to notify insurers and government health plans at least 60 days before a planned price increase of more than 16 percent during a two-year period. (Photo: Shutterstock)

The U.S. drug industry’s main lobbying group said it filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a California law meant to make drug prices more transparent.

The state law “attempts to dictate national health-care policy related to drug prices in violation of the United States Constitution,” the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America said in a statement Friday.

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