US Drug Costs Dropped in 2012, but Rises Loom

US Drug Costs Dropped in 2012, but Rises Loom

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Specialty drugs are often injected or infused and many are so-called biologics, complex proteins that are made in living cells that treat a range of diseases, from various types of cancer to rare hereditary diseases. Increasingly, they come with jaw …
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Walgreen to buy stake in AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal loses out

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The move will give Walgreen access to better rates on specialty drugs used to treat diseases like cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis, which have higher profit margins but are also more expensive to keep on hand. More and more of these …
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Walgreen moves further away from the drugstore

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Under the new contract, Amerisource will supply brand-name drugs, generics and specialty drugs to Walgreen. Previously, it supplied only specialty drugs—complicated, often injectible treatments for chronic diseases like rheumatoid arthritis …
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