Wednesday, May 27, 2015

"A flourishing pharmaceutical industry

...provides invaluable benefit to society by developing new drugs to combat disease and alleviate suffering. The success of the pharmaceutical industry in bringing new therapies to market for the treatment of MS has improved the care of people with MS. However, the unbridled rise in the cost of MS drugs has resulted in large profit margins and the creation of an industry 'too big to fail.' It is time for neurologists to begin a national conversation about unsustainable and suffocating drug costs for people with MS — otherwise we are failing our patients and society."

— Oregon State researchers who published the article "The Cost of Multiple Sclerosis Drugs in the U.S. and the Pharmaceutical Industry," which appeared in the April 24 issue of Neurology.

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