subject: Survey: U.s. Drug Market, The Brand Drug Prices Are Spiking [print this page] Recently, investigators said the U.SRecently, investigators said the U.S. Congress, with the Pharmacy Companies find ways from those Sell Was smaller, but important Drugs Who reap greater profits in recent years, more and more of these brand drug prices more than doubled.
2000 ~ 2008, there were 416 kinds of branded drug manufacturer or distributor for product price increase has been 100% or more, they include for the treatment of attention deficit disorder (ADD) of Adderall, used for chest pain Inderal and the treatment of infections Sumycin.
Carry out this investigation the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the phenomenon of rising prices are becoming more common. In 2000, prices of 28 kinds of drugs over 100%; by 2008, there are 71 kinds of drugs appears similar gains.
U.S. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA) on the GAO's report responded to the survey, it is a Electronic E-mail statement that the U.S. health care spending in total, drugs account for only 10%; pharmaceutical companies based on market factors independent of the price adjustment, these factors include the patents invalid, and the invention of the large pharmaceutical research and development costs.
Recent years, pharmaceutical companies pay more attention to their extensive product portfolio optimization. Sales of less profitable or less of some drugs (especially the production process of complex products) are often transferred to larger pharmaceutical companies smaller companies, the latter in order to obtain return on investment, will directly raise the price of drugs.
Congressional investigators found that rising drug prices range mostly between 100% ~ 499%, but the rate of increase in the price of some drugs is greater. For example, 26 brands of drug prices by 10 times, the biggest price rises of about 4200%.
Sharp rise in the price of drugs, there are nearly 1 / 3 is used to treat Depression , Anxiety disorders, and other central nervous system diseases, while many other drugs were used to treat infections or cardiovascular problems.
Investigators said was used to treat a rare Cancer Drug, the patient uses the cost of a course of drug treatment has increased from the original 390 U.S. dollars to 3,000 dollars.
Not the only pharmaceutical company Caidui rush raise drug prices. Investigators revealed in more than half of the cases, drug prices are driven by the brokers, they purchased drugs from the hands of pharmaceutical companies, re-packaged to sell to the hospital.
Every year, tens of thousands of medicines approved, the U.S. pharmaceutical market is very complex. Number of participants (manufacturers, dealers, wholesalers and suppliers) involved in the formulation of drug prices. Some smaller pharmaceutical sales, prices and availability change dramatically every year.
However, in the United States Health Insurance System, most of the costs are still relatively few in number but to spend a huge volume of drugs, these drugs just entering the market when the price is not cheap, and later through the mild, frequent price adjustment, the price to go higher. Last year, even if the U.S. consumer price index fell, however, the overall wholesale price of brand-name pharmaceuticals are still up 9%.
Rising drug prices is perhaps the pharmaceutical companies to deal with Congress to promote health care reform initiatives taken in response. Another reason may be the pharmaceutical companies, lack of abnormal laboratory results, no new products to market, pharmaceutical companies, drug prices will increase as the only way to increase profits.
New York Democrat, Senator CharlesSchumer said that drug prices for why so insanely difficult to find a convincing explanation of the reasons, the study would prompt Congress to act accordingly.
Survey: U.s. Drug Market, The Brand Drug Prices Are Spiking
