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Big Pharma Ushers in New Year With Price Hikes on Hundreds of Drugs

posted by takyon on Thursday January 03 2019, @06:22PM   
from the same-old-new-year dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Source: Big Pharma ushers in new year with price hikes on hundreds of drugs

More than three dozen drug companies welcomed the new year with sweeping price hikes on hundreds of medicines, according to a new analysis from Rx Savings Solutions, which was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

The drugs that saw list-price increases on January 1 ranged from generics and blood-pressure drugs to brand-name prescriptions such as the dry-eye treatment Restasis. The average price jump blew past inflation at 6.5 percent, with some medicines seeing double-digit increases—bucking many drug companies' vows to keep such periodic hikes under 10 percent.

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• A more practical concern (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 04 2019, @03:07AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 04 2019, @03:07AM (#781870)

  Amidst all the arguing discussion about how things should be, I've noticed something that I'd actually like to know a bit more about.

  Hundreds of drugs are going up in price? Which ones?

  I'm old and take drugs. Is this going to cost me more? Is there a list anywhere (I haven't found one) of which drugs are going to be affected?

  It's fine to scream uselessly thoughtfully debate on the future, but I'm worried about getting through this week, thanks.

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