Press Releases

April 2016
04/27/16	“Valeant Pharmaceuticals' Business Model: The Repercussions for Patients and the Health Care Systems” (Joint)
04/26/16	“Aging Committee Announces Witnesses for Upcoming Drug Pricing Hearing” (Joint)
04/13/16	Valeant CEO Reverses Course: Senate Special Committee on Aging to Depose Michael Pearson (Joint)
04/11/16	Senate Special Committee on Aging Calls Business Meeting to Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Valeant CEO Michael Pearson (Joint)
04/07/16	Senate Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Support Social and Nutrition Services for Nearly 12 Million Seniors (Joint)
04/06/16	Senators Collins, McCaskill Lead Aging Committee Hearing - Finding a Cure: Assessing Progress Toward the Goal of Ending Alzheimer’s by 2025 (Joint)
04/01/16	Aging Committee to Hold Hearing on Alzheimer’s Titled:“Finding a Cure: Assessing Progress Toward the Goal of Ending Alzheimer’s by 2025” (Republican)
March 2016
03/28/16	Chairman Collins, Ranking Member McCaskill Announce Third Hearing in Senate Aging Committee’s Bipartisan Investigation (Republican)
03/17/16	Sudden Price Spikes in Decades-Old Rx Drugs: Inside the Monopoly Business Model (Joint)
03/16/16	Sudden Price Spikes in Decades-Old Rx Drugs: Inside the Monopoly Business Model (Joint)
03/03/16	In Response to the Sudden, Aggressive Price Spikes of Decades-old Rx Drugs: Chairman Collins, Ranking Member McCaskill Introduce Legislation to Help Ensure Patient Access to Affordable Medication (Democrat)
February 2016
02/23/16	In Response to National Epidemic of Prescription Opioid Abuse, Aging Committee to Lead Hearing titled: Opioid Use Among Seniors: Issues and Emerging Trends (Joint)
02/12/16	Senate Aging Committee Announces Top 10 Frauds Targeting Our Nation’s Seniors: (Joint)
02/10/16	Senate Aging Committee and Department of Homeland Security Unveil New Scam Perpetrated Against our Nation’s Seniors: How Global Drug Traffickers Are Deceiving Seniors to Unknowingly Smuggle Drugs Across International Borders (Joint)
January 2016
01/29/16	Senators Collins, Klobuchar Lead Bipartisan Letter to President Obama Calling for Greater Investment in Alzheimer’s Research (Republican)
01/22/16	Senator Collins Reminds Seniors of Persistent IRS Scam during Tax Filing Season (Joint)
01/21/16	Senator Collins Announces Staff Changes for Senate Aging Committee (Republican)
01/20/16	Senators Collins, McCaskill Announce that Former Turing CEO Martin Shkrelli Has Invoked the Fifth Amendment, (Joint)
December 2015
12/17/15	Collins, McCaskill Statement on Arrest of Martin Shkreli on Securities Fraud Charges (Joint)
12/09/15	Senate Aging Committee Holds 1st Hearing on Off-Patent Rx Drug Price Spikes (Joint)

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