Lawmakers Urge Lowering Prices of Cancer Treatment Xtandi

Senators Elizabeth Warren, Angus King and Rep. Lloyd Doggett urge HHS secretary in a letter to work to lower the price of the prescription drug Xtandi, used to treat prostate cancer.

• The treatment was developed with federal funds, but Americans pay as much as six times the cost paid by patients in other countries, the lawmakers say

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