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Drug Price Controls: On 9/13, Let's End the Indefensible 9-13 Small Molecule/Large Molecule Protection Disparity

In recent days, we at CFIF have marked the ignominious one-year anniversary of the Biden Administration's misnamed "Inflation Reduction Act" (IRA) by noting its particularly negative impact on pharmaceutical innovation and, in turn, the nation's health and wellbeing.

As acknowledged by the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security  as well as groups like the American Cancer Society, Americans are already confronting alarming and unprecedented drug shortages in the wake of the IRA.

To mark today's date of September 13 - or 9/13 - it's appropriate to note a different but significant 9-13:  That refers to the indefensible distinction that the IRA makes between what are known as "small-molecule" and "large-molecule" drugs.

Specifically, the IRA imposes destructive price controls…[more]

September 13, 2023 • 03:24 PM
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Home Jester's Courtroom This Lawsuit Is Ridiculous, Bar None
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Tuesday, October 07 2014

A group of law school graduates are suing a Florida software company claiming they experienced stress and anxiety when the computer program through which they were to submit their bar exams online malfunctioned.

ExamSoft Worldwide Inc. apologized for the snafu and said deadlines in all states had been extended. Nonetheless, five law students who say they experienced stress over whether their exams uploaded say it wasn't fair and that's why they are suing.

“You spend two months preparing for the exam, it’s grueling,” Catherine Booher, one of five students suing the company, told news sources. “You relearn everything you learn in law school.”

The problem even triggered two hashtags on social media: #Barmageddon and #Bargazhi.

It's not clear how many exam-takers were affected by the malfunction. The North Carolina Board of Law Examiners confirmed that everyone who took the July exam in North Carolina successfully uploaded their answers.

“The delay in processing did not relate to, or impact, answer content, and we are therefore very confident in the integrity of your state submissions,” a statement from ExamSoft reads. “To accommodate for the delays, we worked with state jurisdictions to extend your upload deadlines as needed and tried our best to communicate those extensions.”

“I think it’s absolutely ridiculous that they’re not issuing refunds,” Booher said, noting the software cost her $125.

—Source: abcnews.com

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