The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) held a legislative breakfast on April 27 to brief attendees on the positive impacts this industry is making through improvements to Ohio’s economic and health care systems. Executive Vice President Ann Spicer attended the briefing representing the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians.
Discussed were prescription medications and the value they bring to Medicaid through rebates; research, discovery, and clinical trials underway at numerous Ohio institutions; the cost and values of medications; programs that provide free or nearly-free medications to qualified Ohioans; and the employment and tax generation the pharmaceutical industry brings to communities throughout Ohio.