STAT Plus: Italy is urged not to replace a public health official who pushed for drug pricing transparency
Nearly two dozen health and consumer advocacy groups are urging the Italian health minister not to replace the head of the Italian medicines agency, who was widely credited with getting the World Health Assembly last May to adopt a resolution for seeking transparency in drug pricing.
In a letter, the groups argued that Dr. Luca Li Bassi, who for the past year has been director general of Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco, or AIFA, is a skilled policy maker who has successfully pursued public health goals, such as championing strategies to make new medical inventions more affordable, and should be allowed to remain in his job.
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