Gavin: The Solution to Every Health Care Debate: Access vs. Cost

Two things you need to know about Suboxone (or buprenorphine) highlight the essential elements of all past, present and future health care debates.  First, the manufacturer is being sued by the attorney general of Illinois (and 35 other AGs) for violation of antitrust statutes. The states allege that Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals (now known as Indivior, because someone clearly new to marketing thought that would actually be easier to say) has effectively blocked generic competition for Suboxone by scheming to devise a new formulation (the film, an upgrade from the ...