Healthy Skepticism Library item: 9477

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Publication type: Journal Article

1990 Rise in prescription drug prices averages nearly 8%
American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 1991 Jun; 48:1122

Abstract:

According to a report by First DataBank, a company that collects and maintains drug pricing information, prescription pharmaceutical prices increased an average of 7.7% for the yr ending 1990. The most widely used products had more dramatic price increases. The top 200 prescription drugs, which account for more than half of all prescriptions dispensed, increased an average of 10%. Categories of drugs with the largest price increases in 1990 were gastrointestinal drugs (average price increase, 24.9%), tranquilizers (11.3%), vasodilating agents (10.1%), and cardiac drugs (9%).