Press Releases

April 2016
“Valeant Pharmaceuticals' Business Model: The Repercussions for Patients and the Health Care Systems” (Joint)
“Aging Committee Announces Witnesses for Upcoming Drug Pricing Hearing” (Joint)
Valeant CEO Reverses Course: Senate Special Committee on Aging to Depose Michael Pearson (Joint)
Senate Special Committee on Aging Calls Business Meeting to Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Valeant CEO Michael Pearson (Joint)
Senate Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Support Social and Nutrition Services for Nearly 12 Million Seniors (Joint)
Senators Collins, McCaskill Lead Aging Committee Hearing - Finding a Cure: Assessing Progress Toward the Goal of Ending Alzheimer’s by 2025 (Joint)
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
Chairman Collins, Ranking Member McCaskill Announce Third Hearing in Senate Aging Committee’s Bipartisan Investigation (Republican)
Sudden Price Spikes in Decades-Old Rx Drugs: Inside the Monopoly Business Model (Joint)
Sudden Price Spikes in Decades-Old Rx Drugs: Inside the Monopoly Business Model (Joint)
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 (Joint)
February 2016
In Response to National Epidemic of Prescription Opioid Abuse, Aging Committee to Lead Hearing titled: Opioid Use Among Seniors: Issues and Emerging Trends (Joint)
Senate Aging Committee Announces Top 10 Frauds Targeting Our Nation’s Seniors: (Joint)
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
Senators Collins, Klobuchar Lead Bipartisan Letter to President Obama Calling for Greater Investment in Alzheimer’s Research (Republican)
Senator Collins Reminds Seniors of Persistent IRS Scam during Tax Filing Season (Joint)
Senator Collins Announces Staff Changes for Senate Aging Committee (Republican)
Senators Collins, McCaskill Announce that Former Turing CEO Martin Shkrelli Has Invoked the Fifth Amendment, (Joint)
December 2015
Collins, McCaskill Statement on Arrest of Martin Shkreli on Securities Fraud Charges (Joint)
Senate Aging Committee Holds 1st Hearing on Off-Patent Rx Drug Price Spikes (Joint)
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