Medications
New study highlights massive prescription price hikes
Derma-Smoothe oil is a topical treatment for eczema that cost $46 in 2009. This year, its retail drugstore price hit $323.
Nov 26, 2015
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Changes in retail prices for prescription dermatologic drugs from 2009-2015
Prices among 19 brand-name prescription dermatologic drugs increased rapidly between 2009 and 2015, with prices for topical antineoplastic drugs to prevent the spread of cancer cells increasing an average of 1,240 percent, ...
Nov 25, 2015
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Medications
Knowns and unknowns of US drug pricing
In the U.S. spending on drugs represents 10% of overall health care costs.(1) Together, hospital and physician expenditures account for 6 times the spending on drugs.(2) Despite a recent uptick in the rate of drug cost growth, ...
Nov 11, 2015
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Poll: Americans want health care costs kept in check
(HealthDay)—Most Americans now support aggressive regulation to keep health care costs in check—including price caps on drugs, medical devices, and payments to doctors and hospitals, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll has found.
Nov 6, 2015
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Medications
Senate panel investigates drug price hikes
A Senate committee tasked with protecting seniors is launching an investigation into prescription drug pricing, responding to public anxiety about companies hiking prices for once-inexpensive medicines.
Nov 4, 2015
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Drug prices top Americans' list of health care concerns
Americans from across the political spectrum are worried about the cost of prescription drugs for serious diseases, following weeks of news coverage about companies hiking prices for critical medicines.
Oct 28, 2015
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Drug compounder offers cheap version of costly Turing drug
Stepping into the furor over eye-popping price spikes for old generic medicines, a maker of compounded drugs will begin selling $1 doses of Daraprim, whose price recently was jacked up to $750 per pill by Turing Pharmaceuticals.
Oct 22, 2015
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Valeant under US federal investigation over drug pricing
Canadian pharmaceutical group Valeant says it has received subpoenas from US federal prosecutors seeking information about the pricing and distribution of its drugs, along with how it makes them more affordable for patients.
Oct 15, 2015
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Multiple factors cause high prescription drug prices in US
Sticker-shocked patients increasingly wonder why prices for prescription drugs continue to rise in the U.S.
Sep 25, 2015
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Does America have the cure for high drug costs?
Soaring prices for everything from cancer treatments to hepatitis C pills that cost more than $100,000 have sparked outcry in the United States in recent years, but calls for change have gone largely unheeded.
Sep 23, 2015
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