Prescription drug prices in the United States are an average of 2.56 times higher than those seen in 32 other nations, according to a RAND Corporation report.
The price gap was even bigger for brand name drugs — 3.44 times higher — researchers said. However, generic drug prices in the U.S. were 84% of the average paid in other nations.
“For the generic drugs that make up a large majority of the prescriptions written in the U.S., our costs are lower,” Andrew Mulcahy, PhD, a senior health policy researcher at (Read more...)
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