2017 R&D Cost Transparency Proposals in the United States

On March 9, 2017, KEI was scheduled to testify before the Maryland House Committee on Health on HB 666, a bill that would require an annual report on R&D costs from drug companies that sell high-priced medicines in the state of Maryland.

In advance of the hearing, I prepared a note that summarizes provisions in both transparency and pharmaceutical price gouging legislation that would require the disclosure of the costs associated with research and development. This note is a less detailed version of this 2016 summary.

This year, so far, legislators in 13 states have introduced 21 bills that would require some degree of transparency.

map of states with transparency bills

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