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Prescription Drug Costs Soar, Doubling in 7 Years

By Candy Sagon, February 29, 2016 02:04 PM

Thanks to drug manufacturer price hikes, the average cost for a year's supply of a prescription drug has jumped to more than $11,000, or about 75 percent of the average annual Social Security retirement benefit and half the median income of someone on Medicare.

Paying More for Your Rx Meds? 7 Ways to Save

By Candy Sagon, August 14, 2015 09:16 AM

Has this happened to you lately? You go to refill one of your regular prescriptions at the pharmacy and the copay has gone up — a lot.

Average Annual Generic Drug Retail Price Declines by Year (chart)

Is the Era of Cheap Generic Drugs About to End?

By Candy Sagon, May 29, 2015 07:00 AM

En español | Prices for generic drugs most commonly used by older Americans fell by the smallest percentage since 2006, with 1 in 4 rising in price — some by more than 1,000 percent, according to a new report from AARP’s Public Policy Institute (PPI).

11 Things We Didn't Know Last Week

By Steve Mencher, November 25, 2014 04:51 PM

News, discoveries and ... fun

FDA Begins New Testing of Generic-Drug Quality

By Candy Sagon, February 26, 2014 05:11 PM

For decades, doctors, drug companies and the Food and Drug Administration have assured us that low-cost prescription generic drugs - which make up an estimated 80 percent of the prescription medicines we take - work just as well as the costlier brand-name drugs they mimic.

Supreme Court: Drugmakers' Pay-for-Delay Deals Can Be Illegal

By Kim Keister, June 17, 2013 03:43 PM

Deals between brand-name drugmakers and their generic drug competitors that keep cheaper products off the market might illegally prevent competition, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 17.

Does a Top Drugmaker's Playbook Stifle Competition?

By Kim Keister, June 17, 2013 03:43 PM

If you owned the bestselling prescription drug of all time and its patent was about to expire, how would you prepare for competition from generic drugs?