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AARP: Specialty drug retail pricing escalates

September 8, 2017 by Chain Drug Review AARP, AARP Public Policy Institute, cost of generic drug therapy, cost of specialty drug therapy, Debra Whitman, generic drug price increases, Leigh Purvis, retail prices for specialty drugs Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

WASHINGTON — Retail prices for specialty drugs widely used by older Americans has surged, while pricing for generic drugs has dipped despite sharp hikes for some medications, according to a pair of new AARP Public Policy Institute (PPI) reports. For the specialty drugs examined in the study, retail prices jumped by an average of 9.6%

HHS to eye the pricing of generics

April 27, 2015 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review Department of Health and Human Services, generic drug price increases, Generic Pharmaceutical Association, HHS, Medicaid, Ralph Neas, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Sen. Bernie Sanders 2015, Issue 04-27-2015, Leading Headlines, News, Pharmacy, Retail News

WASHINGTON — The federal government is looking into the effect of generic drug price increases on Medicaid. The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will compare generic price increases between 2005 and 2014 to the inflation rate. The probe comes in response to questions raised about generics