Seven years ago, David Mitchell was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and, as he approached retirement last year, the former head of a public policy advocacy firm in Washington, DC, decided to take on a cause — drug pricing. So he approached the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, a philanthropy that is funding various research and pilot projects aimed at reining in drug costs. With their backing, Mitchell on Wednesday launched Patients for Affordable Drugs, a group that is devoted to injecting patient voices into the complicated and raucous debate. We spoke with him about the effort and this is an edited version of the conversation.
Pharmalot: What prompted you to do this?
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Encouraging story, thank you. Given it is of more interest to patients, why is it behind a pay walll?