“Determining whether [a 50.4% increase in the retail prices for 98 specialty drugs from 2004 through December 2009] was a reasonable rate of price inflation or not needs to be established by the manufacturers, something they have not done a very good job at to date. The particularly high specialty price growth during this time shows the oft-mentioned arrogance of many biopharm companies who seemed out of touch with market trends and attitudes.”
— F. Randy Vogenberg, Ph.D., a principal with the Institute for Integrated Healthcare, told AIS’s Specialty Pharmacy News.
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