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2017 Trends in Cancer Care Drugs
2017 Trends in Cancer Care Drugs Frank Magliochetti Report Cancer drug development will continue to be a key focus area in 2017. While the number of new cancer cases in the United States each year remains constant at about 1.7 million, the American Cancer Society says that the cancer death rate has plummeted 23 percent […]
Tdap Lead to Increased Trend in HPV Vaccines
Requiring Tdap May Increase HPV Vaccination in Adolescent Girls About 9 in 10 people will get a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection at some point in their lives, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). HPV infections are associated with health problems, including several types of cancer in men and women, which means […]
Prescription Drugs – The Price Game
Prescription Drugs in The US Frank Magliochetti Report If we look back ten years ago, the price of prescription drugs were fairly low and it was easy for patients to buy their medication from the pharmacy. 2016 has not only brought new innovative medical drugs and vaccines, it has brought drug prices that are much […]
Rising Drug Costs: Trending 2017
2017 Trends: Rising Drug Costs The cost of prescription drugs has been rising rapidly since 2010, and will likely continue to rise in 2017. Frank Magliochetti The largest drug maker in the United States, Pfizer Inc., raised prices on 133 of its U.S. brand name products in 2015. More than three-quarters of the increases were 10 percent […]
2017 – Year of Equilibrium for Medical Costs
Medical Costs Frank Magliochetti Report PwC calls 2017 the “year of equilibrium for medical costs” in its recent publication, Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2017. Authors of the PwC report expect growth rate for 2017 to remain unchanged at a 6.5 percent. There are two main components of healthcare costs: Unit price of services Utilization, […]