The president followed up later in the day, tweeting that Merck «is a leader in higher &
higher drug prices while at the same time taking jobs out of the U.S. Bring jobs back & LOWER PRICES!»
Trump lashed out quickly at Frazier on Twitter after the announcement, accusing the drugmaker of being «a leader in higher &
higher drug prices while at the same time taking jobs out of the U.S.»
Not exact matches
Tree — who said the policy change restored a
price support for growers by reintroducing a «federal risk premium» — told Business Insider that
while consumers in states were marijuana was legal were probably used to a
high - quality and tested product, he suspected cracking down on legal marijuana production and sales would incentivize trafficking of lower - quality marijuana to states where the
drug is still illegal.
While some responders had particular axes to grind (it's true that U.S.
drug prices are radically
higher than elsewhere in the world, for instance, and maybe a gamma ray burst could destroy earth, but those aren't really things you can act on tomorrow), many more offered healthful reality checks that most of us could benefit from, including:
While high price tags are common for rare disease
drugs, Emflaza is part of a class of
drugs called corticosteroids that are used for DMD in other parts of the world.
While most of the attention on pharmaceutical
prices has been on new
drugs for diseases like cancer, hepatitis C and
high cholesterol, there is also growing concern about huge
price increases on older
drugs, some of them generic, that have long been mainstays of treatment.
Price segregation allows vital
drugs to be provided at cost (or closer to it) for low - income nations,
while American customers pay
high enough
prices to fund research and development of new medications.
After controlling for other factors, a generic
drug in the
highest marketing competition group was expected to see a decrease of 32 percent in
price over the study period,
while a generic
drug in the lowest market competition was expected to see a
price increase of 47 percent over the same period.
Doctors often cite the
high price of a prescription
drug as a reason they don't prescribe it,
while patients similarly say that cost is a main reason they quit taking a
drug.
While bronze plans tend to be the lowest
priced, they also have relatively
high out - of - pocket costs when customers go to the doctor, get surgery or buy prescription
drugs.