Rx Spending Growth Won’t Exceed 8% In Coming Years – Express Scripts
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Growth slowed from double digits in 2014 to 5% in 2015, according to PBM’s annual Drug Trend Report.
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