The Truth About Drug Companies
"The pharmaceutical industry is very different from the image it projects in its public relations. Americans spend about $200 billion a year on prescription drugs—the fastest-growing component of our health care bill, which itself is growing at an alarming rate. The soaring expenditures are due to three factors: greater overall use of prescription drugs (that is, volume); higher prices for new drugs; and rapid price escalation of drugs already on the market, particularly top-selling ones. In fact, prices for the 200 top-selling drugs are now rising more than three times faster than the inflation rate."
The full article may be found here. Also see the book written by former New England Journal of Medicine editor Marcia Angel.
The full article may be found here. Also see the book written by former New England Journal of Medicine editor Marcia Angel.
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