US Chamber Faces Second Loss in Case to Block US Drug Price Plan (1)

A lawsuit by the US Chamber of Commerce and other groups seeking to scuttle the Biden administration’s landmark drug price negotiation was dismissed Thursday by an Ohio federal judge.

Judge Michael J. Newman of the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio dismissed a lawsuit filed by the US Chamber of Commerce and its affiliates because they do not have associational standing to challenge the constitutionality of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program.

Three plaintiffs—the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, and the Michigan Chamber of Commerce—lack associational standing, but the US Chamber of ...