Saturday, December 7, 2013

How Are Drugs Priced? Case Studies Illustrate

A Tale Of Two Drugs by Barry Werth.  Technology Review.  October 22, 2013.

(1)  In 2012, the FDA approved ___________new drugs, the most in a decade.

(2)  The primary customer for drugs in the United States is not the _____________
but the ___________ and _____________.

(3)  Demand for therapeutic drugs is price ____________ meaning increasing the price does not _______________.

(4)  The United States, with 5 percent of the world's population, buying more than  _______ percent
of the world's prescription drugs.

The article offers case studies of pricing of drugs including the cystic fibrosis drug kalydeco.

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