Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, right, shakes hands with Judge Thomas Rose of the U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio after taking his oath of office, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Cedarville, Ohio.
A federal judge on Friday withdrew from a case that could block Medicare from negotiating over drug prices, just hours after a watchdog group revealed his ownership of stock in two pharmaceutical companies that would be directly impacted by the new program.
He also owns Moderna stock worth between $15,000 and $50,000, the filing shows.
The suit asked the court to rule that for Medicare to negotiate drug prices would be unconstitutional.
Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca and the drugmaker lobby PhRMA have all filed complaints in different districts courts.
Persons:
Mike DeWine, Judge Thomas Rose, Judge Thomas M, Rose, Biden, George W, Bush, Johnson, Boehringer Ingelheim, Robert Davis, Davis
Organizations:
U.S, District Court Southern District of Ohio, Southern, Southern District of Ohio, Johnson, AstraZeneca, Republican, Moderna, U.S . Chamber of Commerce, Department of Health, Human Services, Centers, Medicare, Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, Court, Circuit Court
Locations:
Cedarville , Ohio, Southern District