Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2018
Never mind the rebates. Maybe behind-the-scenes fees are boosting drug prices.
16 August 2018 - File this under, “It’s the fees, stupid!”
At a time when rebates are increasingly blamed for rising medicine costs, another type of behind-the-scenes payment in the pharmaceutical supply chain is being cited as an explanation for high drug prices — the various fees that pharmacy benefit managers charge drug makers.
