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Tag: Cancer drug costs
ASCO: More about investors than patients?
The global market for oncology therapeutic medicines will reach as much as $200 billion by 2022, averaging 10 to 13 percent growth over the next five years, with the U.S….
The increase in cancer drug prices is harming our patients and our health care system
Americans paid twice as much as Canadians for health care, but they didn’t get twice the benefit, according to a new study of patients with advanced colorectal cancer who lived,…
What’s three more months of life worth?
The cost of new anti-cancer drugs increased more than fivefold from 2006 to 2015. Anticancer medications account for the lion’s share of global drug spending, and the average price per…
Patients don’t care who is responsible for high drug costs
KEY TAKEAWAY: When the head of the FDA says ” you know that something is terribly wrong. The fact is that patients and caregivers couldn’t give a damn about who…
The average cost of new cancer drugs in 2016 was $172,000
KEY TAKEAWAY: Wells Fargo analysts, in a new report, discovered that the average sale, rebate and allowance (SRA) offered to payers has jumped from 28% to 41% since 2012. But…
ASCO: Oncology drug prices expected to increase 20% per year for next seven years
KEY TAKEWAY: Per ASCO “specialty medications accounted for 37% of drug spending in 2015, and projections are that they will account for 50% of all drug spending by 2018. Health…
Pharma indifferent to criticism?
KEY TAKEAWAY: When trade news publications start to question pharma practices on pricing and there is no response you have to wonder if they really care about the patients we…