These aren’t new drugs,” said Peter Maybarduk, director of the Global Access to Medicines Program at consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. These price increases contribute nothing to innovation, but greatly to suffering. “Business as usual is a problem in a pandemic. Three treatments for patients with respiratory illnesses and pricey medicines for children with ADHD also saw hikes. While the size of that increase is not out of line with past years, the number of branded drugs seeing hikes this month was higher than last year. Pharmaceutical companies logged more than 800 price increases this year, including 42 bumps averaging 3.3 percent so far in July, according to GoodRx, which tracks the prices consumers pay at pharmacies.
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Send pharma news and tips or Loop in our testing/device czar David Lim ( or and Zachary Brennan ( or Drug PricingīUSINESS AS USUAL ON DRUG PRICES - Drugmakers raised the price of hundreds of medicines this year even in the face of Trump administration vows to crack down on surging drug costs and efforts to tack price controls on Covid-19 relief packages. It’s Wednesday, welcome back to Prescription Pulse! I hope everyone had a good July Fourth weekend, even with the nonstop fireworks. Dozens of deaths related to malaria meds, according to new FDA documents. Copay coupons could end with the CMS value-based payment rule. Drug prices continue to climb amid promises of change from White House and Congress. With help from Zachary Brennan and David Lim On Tap Presented by The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
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