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An Arm and a Leg: The Prescription Drug Playbook, Part I

Physician's Weekly

About 3 in 10 adults reported not taking their medicines as prescribed at some point between July 2022 and July 2023 because of the cost, according to a KFF survey. When Bob changed jobs, the price tag for his daughter’s medication went through the roof. They started trying out different medications and dosages.

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Direct-to-consumer advertising distorts prescription drugs’ benefits and costs

Common Sense Family Doctor

In 1998, a Letter to the Editor in American Family Physician expressed concerns about the relatively new practice of pharmaceutical advertising directly to patients. The annual price of risankizumab is $288,000, so this is still a huge bargain for the company given the potential returns. If it did, why give it for free? But it is not free.

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COVID Updates: A Podcast with Peter Chin-Hong and Lona Mody

GeriPal

Alex 00:23 And we’re delighted to welcome Peter Chin-Hong, who is an infectious disease physician and medical educator, professor at UCSF and associate dean for regional campuses. And when you look at the numbers, actually last year in 2023, even though we’re in a recovery phase, there were more than 75,000 deaths.