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How health care costs stopped rising
26 October 2023 - For a long time, health care was eating the world. From 1950 to 2009 American spending on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2021
How much does it cost to research and develop a new drug? A systematic review and assessment
15 October 2021 - Debate over the viability of the current commercial research and development model is on-going. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2021
What a waste! The National Academy of Medicine’s report on oversized vials of expensive drugs
9 July 2021 - In 2016, my colleagues and I tabulated $2 billion in excess spending across the US health care ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2021
Sweden's cost of medicines is increasing
15 June 2021 - Sweden's costs for pharmaceuticals have risen by approximately SEK 2 billion between 2019 and 2020. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2020
Efficacy trials cost more, take longer for biosimilars than originators
11 October 2020 - Average clinical efficacy testing cost millions of dollars more for Phase 3 biosimilar studies than for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2020
Clinical trial costs to develop a new drug may actually be rather modest — or so one study suggests
18 June 2020 - For years, the pharmaceutical industry has maintained that the costs to develop medicines accounts for rising ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2020
Orphan drug reimbursements create tough situation for South Korean public budget
12 June 2020 - A data analysis of real-world data found that the rise of orphan drugs in the Republic of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jun 2020
Estimating the cost of delayed generic drug entry to Medicaid
1 June 2020 - Delays in market entry of generic drugs are common. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2020
Estimated research and development investment needed to bring a new medicine to market, 2009-2018
3 March 2020 - In this study, which included 63 of 355 new therapeutic drugs and biologic agents approved by the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2019
Hospital sticker prices can rise faster than inflation
12 November 2019 - U.S. hospitals’ sticker prices for two common sources of surprise medical bills have climbed far faster ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2019
Mental illness costs $180 billion, study reveals
31 October 2019 - One million Australians with mental health conditions ranging from anxiety and depression to psychosis and borderline ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2019
High health care costs suggest review is needed: report
8 October 2019 - The federal government’s annual $6 billion spend on the health insurance rebate could be redirected to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2019
Humira, Rituxan top list of U.S. costliest drug price increases
8 October 2019 - AbbVie Inc’s arthritis drug Humira and Roche's cancer drug Rituxan top the list of seven treatments ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2019
Waste in the US health care system: estimated costs and potential for savings
7 October 2019 - The United States spends more on health care than any other country, with costs approaching 18% of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Sep 2019
Cost of employer provided health coverage passes $20,000 a year
25 September 2019 - Annual poll of employers by Kaiser Family Foundation finds premiums rose 5% for family plans; ‘It’s the ...