Drug Channels Report: Brand Drugs’ Net Prices Fell in 2019

By Ariel Cohen / January 14, 2020 at 12:56 PM
Even though drug makers hiked list prices for hundreds of prescription drugs in January, net prices for branded prescription drugs after rebates and discounts decreased by 3.1% last year, according to a new analysis from Drug Channels Institute. Drug Channels CEO Adam Fein reports that brand drug makers discounted drug list prices by an average of 45%, and those discounts increased faster than list prices. Among the drugs with price hikes so far this year, the typical increase was about...


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