Generic Prices Fall Significantly In Feb., Despite Recent Upward Trend

By John Wilkerson / April 28, 2020 at 1:48 PM
Generic drug prices decreased significantly in February, despite a recent trend upward after years of deflation, according to the drug-price-tracking nonprofit 46Brooklyn, though naproxen was a notable exception to that trend. Supply disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic are expected to eventually drive prices up , and that inflationary effect might not have taken hold yet in February. "This is literally the largest monthly weighted deflation number we have seen since the generic deflation ‘glory days’ (i.e. before 2019),” the...


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