Flash finding: Generic Daraprim manufacturers ride Pharma Bro pricing coattails

Remember Daraprim? How about “pharma-bro”? Those were the good ole’ days when you could increase the price of a drug from $13.50 per pill (actually, it started under $1 when Turing acquired it) to $750 per pill and call yourself “Robin Hood.” We all know how this story ended. Martin Shkreli is now serving a seven-year prison term for securities fraud. His appeal to be released from prison to help research a COVID-19 cure was recently denied. The end? Not so fast! Generic Daraprim hit the market in March. meaning competition should bring “bad news” to the legacy brand manufacturer, right? Cheap prices for all, right? Wrong. In our latest Flash Finding, we started digging into the facts. Here’s what you need to know – in under 500 words.

Ben LinkMay 25, 2020AWP, WAC, Daraprim, Pyrimethamine, Generic

What’s happening to generic drug prices? July 2019 NADAC Survey Update

It’s NADAC survey results week, which means it’s time for our next installment of “what happened to generic drug prices last month.” We saw a lot of price increases this past month, and an overall decrease in annualized spending, after a couple months of concerning trends. As always, the details matter, and we’re here to provide them for you. Check out our latest drug pricing report for a lot of important updates, plus an updated NADAC Packed Bubble Chart.

Ben LinkJuly 26, 2019NADAC, Medicaid, Generic, Concerta, Methylphenidate, Albenza, Daraprim, Albendazole, CorePharma, Impax, GlaxoSmithKline, Lineage, Gleevec, Imatinib, Xeloda, Capecitabine, Specialty