Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2023
Major purchasers predict expensive new therapies will keep driving drug price hikes
17 January 2023 - More than two dozen big buyers of prescription medicines expect that prices will rise by an average of 8% annually over the next three years, a slight uptick from a year ago.
And 19% believe that a “substantial portion” of the anticipated increases can be attributed to a shift to newer, pricier therapies, which is up from 8% a year ago, a new survey found.
