Drug Price Increases Accelerate: ‘Political Opportunism’ In A Return To Business As Usual?
Executive Summary
Advocates for drug pricing reform don’t have much in the way of price increases to complain about at the moment – but they argue that the price hikes they are seeing suggest a growing confidence among manufacturers that the threat of drug pricing reform is subsiding.
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