Drug price inflation
Executive Summary
Annual inflation rate for the top-selling prescription drugs sold in community pharmacies was 5.9% in the third quarter of 1992, according to the NACDS Prime Index of Drug Prices. NACDS noted that the "annual rate of increase in prescription drug prices for the last four quarters were lower than at any time during the last five years." The average price increase was 5% for those products whose prices were raised during the third quarter, NACDS reported.