Brand Drug Price Increases Continue To Slow, Latest AARP Data Show
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Branded pharmaceutical prices increased 6.6% on average for the 12 month period ended March 2005, a drop from the 7.1% average increase reported for the year ended December 2004.
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