News tagged with administrative costs


Doctors say cancer drug costs are too high

More than 100 doctors from around the world have signed a letter decrying the high cost of cancer drugs which reach $100,000 per year or more, and calling for pharmaceutical companies to ease prices.

Medications created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Study finds interventions to prevent Type 2 diabetes give good return on investment

Programs to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults would result in fewer people developing diabetes and lower health care costs over time, researchers conclude in a new study funded by the National Institutes ...

Diabetes created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mayo Clinic physicians ID reasons for high cost of cancer drugs, prescribe solutions

A virtual monopoly held by some drug manufacturers in part because of the way treatment protocols work is among the reasons cancer drugs cost so much in the United States, according to a commentary by two Mayo Clinic physicians ...

Cancer created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0