Congress must fix the IRA’s small molecule penalty

"But the IRA is changing the calculus in a meaningful — and harmful — way."


03.06.2023

“But the IRA is changing the calculus in a meaningful — and harmful — way. The law offers a bigger reward for the development of biologics than it does for the development of small molecules.” – John Stanford, Executive Director in his STAT piece, “Congress must fix the IRA’s small molecule penalty,” that outlines the effects of the Inflation Reduction Act’s ‘small molecule penalty’ that incentivizes the investment in and development of a certain type of medicine over all others. To read the full text, click here.