Rising cost of prescription drugs and co-pays are straining the budgets of patientsThe cost of newer prescription drugs on the market is causing sticker shock at the pharmacy counter. It's almost enough to make you sicker.WMAR
The growing cost of prescription medications continues to be a source of concern for lawmakers, patients, and providers, yet pharmacists can play a crucial role in ensuring that patients have access to the treatment they need. Congressional Democrats, Republicans, and the Trump administration are all...
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Addressing the challenge of high-priced prescription drugs in the era of precision medicine: A systematic review of drug life cycles, therapeutic drug markets and regulatory frameworks Recent public outcry has highlighted the rising cost of prescription drugs worldwide, which in several disease areas ...
Over the last five years, the average cost of providing a prescription drug benefit nearly doubled. Two dominant trends affect that upward spiral: growth in drug spending among the baby-boomer generation and the price of widely used drugs still under patent protection. Employers, health plans, ...
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Drugmakers also have developed a number of techniques to block competitors from launching lower-cost generic drugs. Companies often tweak drug formulations to extend their patents. In other cases, companies directly pay would-be competitors to stay off the market in so-called "pay-to-delay" deals...
Just as doctors prescribe prescription drugs they will never have to pay for, college professors often assign titles with little consideration of cost. Students, like patients worried about their health, dont have much choice to pay up, lest they risk their grades. Meanwhile, Carey illustrates ...
The Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), which advises President Donald Trump on fiscal policy, recently addressed these concerns by releasing a report detailing the government’s plan to decrease the cost of prescription drugs, while continuing to promote innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. Al...
Alot of attention and a bevy of proposals have focused on the rising cost of drugs, among all Americans, including older adults covered by Medicare. But are these costs really rising as fast as people think? Or is the concern over drug spending due to something I call the prescription es...