DOJ, Chamber of Commerce Tussle in Court Over IRA’s Drug Price Negotiations

Lawyers for the Department of Justice and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sparred on Friday in the first hearing in federal court in Ohio over the Inflation Reduction Act’s Drug Price Negotiation Program, as reported by Politico.

The Chamber of Commerce has asked for a preliminary injunction to halt the program before Oct. 1, the deadline for pharma companies to agree to Medicare negotiations on pricing for the first 10 drugs.