PILMA Urges Congress to Address IRA’s “Pill Penalty” Following Executive Action April 17, 2025 Bipartisan EPIC Act offers solution to protect patient access, pharmaceutical The Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association (PILMA) welcomes renewed attention to the harmful impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act’s so-called “pill penalty,” highlighted in the April 15

Ron KlinkSpecial to the USA TODAY NetworkApril 4, 2025 Key Points In the past few months, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have received more than a dozen patents, including for an experimental probiotic weight-loss therapy, a more durable and flexible solar cell and a new method of detecting and

February 25, 2025 PILMA Applauds Reintroduction of the Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act Bipartisan legislation would correct the “pill penalty” to safeguard union jobs and ensure continued innovation in small-molecule therapies The Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association (PILMA) applauds the introduction of the Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC)

 November 21, 2024  Dear Speaker Johnson, Leader Jeffries, Leader Schumer, and Leader McConnell,  As Congress returns to Washington for the remaining weeks of the legislative session, lawmakers have a critical opportunity to deliver meaningful reforms that will provide relief to millions of hardworking families struggling with high prescription drug costs.