
WASHINGTON — After losing the drug pricing fight on Capitol Hill, PhRMA is taking its battle to the courts.
The pharmaceutical industry’s biggest lobbying group on Wednesday filed a long-expected lawsuit challenging Democrats’ drug pricing law that allowed Medicare to start negotiating prices for certain medicines.
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PhRMA joins a growing club of companies and trades challenging the law. Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, and the Chamber of Commerce have already filed similar suits in different courts.
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