Health Populi
JANUARY 5, 2021
When he led Turing Pharmaceuticals in 2015, he acquired a license for the drug Daraprim (an anti-malarial therapy also used for HIV/AIDS), raising the drug price from $13.50 A quick sidebar for context: The Awards are named for Martin Shkreli, the so-called “Pharma Bro” who managed hedge funds and pharma companies.
Health Populi
JUNE 18, 2020
Kesselheim, are affiliated with the London School of Economics and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, note that 1% of medicines dispensed under Medicare Part D and Medicaid accounted for nearly $1 in $3 of drug spending in each program in 2015. bn between 2019 and 2015 (Part D) and from $4.8 bn to $32.8 bn to $9.9
Health Populi
JUNE 3, 2021
Methodology-wise, the June 2015 KFF Poll analyzed opinions of 1,526 adults 18 and over living in the U.S. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The last chart from the study (Figure 8) underscores the universality of the finding that lowering the price of prescription drugs is one of the very few issues in the U.S. 57% of Republicans.
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