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Attorney General Rob Bonta Sues Insulin Makers, Pharmacies Over Insulin Prices

January 13, 2023 6:56 amJanuary 13, 2023 6:57 am

Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Thursday that the California Department of Justice is suing the country’s largest insulin makers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) over violations of the state’s Unfair Competition Law and driving up the cost insulin severely...

California’s $100 Million Low-Cost Insulin Manufacturing Gamble

July 7, 2022 6:17 pmJuly 8, 2022 6:44 am

Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed on Thursday a plan to spend $100 million of state funds to make low-cost insulin in the state, drawing both praise and criticism. In the last few decades, insulin prices in the U.S. have skyrocketed, with...

State Run Generic Pharmaceutical Drug Manufacturing Bill Passes Both Houses

September 2, 2020 5:26 pm

On Monday, both the Assembly and Senate passed a bill that would have California produce its own generic drugs within the state. A generic prescription drug production by California, in California, for California Senate Bill 852, authored by Senator Richard...

Governor Newsom Proposes a State-Run Generic Prescription Drug Label

January 10, 2020 6:23 amJanuary 10, 2020 8:21 am

On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom released a new budget proposal that would have the state of California manufacture generic prescription drugs. A plan for California labeled generic drugs “Prescription drug prices are too high,” stated Governor Newsom in a tweet....