Why are cancer drugs so expensive in the United States, and what are the solutions? Mayo Clin Proc 2015;90: 500-4.Kantarjian, H., and S. Rajkumar (2015), "Why Are Cancer Drugs So Expensive in the United States, and What Are the Solutions?" Mayo Clinic Proceedings, April: 500- 504...
Brand-name drugs are often incredibly expensive, and especially so in the United States. When we write "incredibly" expensive, we mean it. Some brand-name medications that treat cancer cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. Even commonly prescribed brand-name drugs can cost thousands of...
in the U.S. Widely-prescribed popular generic drugs, such as generic Lipitor (atorvastatin), generic Nexium (esomeprazole), and generic Ambien (zolpidem) are $10 or less per month. However, generic drugs can sometimes spike in price. In some cases, they can be more expensive than the ...
over treatment, high priced drugs, and large prescriptions. Their medical expenses are real and cle...
outweigh any negatives."But tariffs are two things if you look at it," Trumpsaidin October in an interview with Bloomberg News editor-in-chief John Micklethwait. "No. 1 is for protection of the companies that we have here, and the new companies that will move in because we're going ...
And for those who are able, helping support your community can also be fulfilling. "Being part of a group of people in L.A. who are giving back, it surprised me," Eisenman said. "I did not do it for this reason, but it made me feel so much better." If you or someone you kn...
In the past, pharmaceutical companies have attributed high prices to innovation, arguing that new and improved drugs arenaturally more expensive. But a newstudypublished in the journal Health Affairs complicates that idea. It suggests that, largely, costs have gone up because companies are raising ...
physician salaries are a small factor in the cost of healthcare so this whole thing is pointless, drug prices, expensive medical technology, more imaging, etc is why your healthcare is so expensive. Also we live in an expensive ass country, what do you expect! Higher physicians salaries, co...
Whereas the Orphan Drug act promotes rare disease drug research and development, consequently, the negative effect of increasing patient drug costs can be attributed to the pharmaceutical industry’s practice of the exploitation of the act for profit and in their determination if orphan drugs are via...
I asked this one borrower why he decided not to pay his mortgage for a whole year sincehe had a steady six figure job. He said, “Because my home is under water, so why waste money?” He then turned around and said, “Banks are evil anyway.”I wanted to punch that guy in th...