In response to a new report from Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) regarding the role of distributors in addressing the country’s opioid abuse epidemic, Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) President and CEO John M. Gray issued the following statement.
Over the last year, 60 Minutes, in partnership with The Washington Post, has presented several misleading, inaccurate accounts of pharmaceutical distributors’ role in the opioid crisis, including the subsequent enforcement of The Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act. To understand the country’s opioid epidemic and the solutions needed to reduce diversion and misuse of prescription opioids, we need to separate fact from fiction.
Today, the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), the national trade association for pharmaceutical distributors, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to block enforcement of New York’s Opioid Stewardship Act. The act imposes an unconstitutional $600 million punitive surcharge on pharmaceutical distributors and manufacturers. It bypasses judicial due process and impedes the industry’s comprehensive efforts to mitigate opioid abuse and misuse.
The HDA Research Foundation, the non-profit organization of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), recognized Michael A. Conley of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation with the 2018 Nexus Award for Lifetime Achievement at the HDA Business and Leadership Conference in Colorado Springs. The award is made possible through the support of Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group, and Mylan Inc.
The Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) honored pharmaceutical and consumer product manufacturers with the annual Distribution Industry Awards for Notable Achievements in Healthcare (DIANA). The awards were distributed at the HDA 2018 Business and Leadership Conference in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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