Employers and employees beset by fears over what prescription drug price increases are doing to their bottom lines and their health have some unexpected allies.

An asset manager and member of the the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility has submitted drug pricing proposals to Merck & Co. and Gilead Sciences concerning their price increases.

Azzad Asset Management, advisor to the Azzad Funds, along with other members of the ICCR, have filed resolutions this year with 11 major U.S. pharmaceutical companies and sent letters to an additional six non-U.S. companies advocating a reasoned and fair reassessment of pricing policy.

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