Mike Moore, the lawyer who pierced Big Tobacco (and negotiated the largest corporate legal settlement in U.S. history) now has the opioid industry in his sights, Esmé E. Deprez and Paul M. Barrett write in the Bloomberg Businessweek cover story:
Moore is "convinced this is the moment to work the same mechanisms on the drug companies that forced the tobacco industry to heel"
The American Medical Association says it supports the idea of the federal government negotiating lower prices for prescription drugs. But a top AMA leader made it clear to a roomful of doctors Wednesday that the group will never accept "price-fixing" — and suggested that's largely because of economic self-interest.
Key quote: "What we are very concerned about at the AMA level, if we advocated for the price-fixing of pharmaceuticals, we have no leg to stand on if we say we don't like price-fixing for physicians." — Barbara McAneny, AMA president-elect
