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.
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Encouraging story, thank you. Given it is of more interest to patients, why is it behind a pay walll?