*NEW* Generic Drugs - Government action to reduce cost?
2010-06-17 11:03:17
*NEW*Canada regulates the price of patented
prescription drugs based on prices in seven industrialized nations. What approach should governments take to
reduce the costs of generic prescription drugs?
suggestion for a new approach Christopher Neuman Posted: 2010-06-25 13:09:18
Congratulations on a great report.
May I suggest that for an update to your report, you delve into the costs of the new drugs being launched into the marketplace, which drive up costs considerably and yet offer marginal if any benefit than the older more established drugs that are available generically?
Perhaps a co-pay covering new drugs with a marginal benefit should be established, which would then provide motivation to physicians to be more cost conscious when they pick up their pen to write a prescription.
