50% of all adults takes at least one prescription. that means more of us are feeling the effects of rising prices. last year overall spending on prescription drugs jumped 12.2% to nearly 300 billion dollars. that s five times what prices jumped in 2013. later in the show we will talk about one reason for that spike. expensive new speciality drugs to treat hepatitis c. it is not just new drugs fuelling the jump in spending. the wall street journal analysed prices for top 30 selling drugs, including old medicines, it showed increases averaging 76% from 2010 to 2014. that was more than elite times general eight times general inflation. companies rely on increases to provide sales growth. that helps when some of the demand for the drugs is weakening. the anger over rising drug prices has ramped up because of this guy, martin. he described it would be fine to raise the price of an older drug used by aids and cancer patient by more than 5,000%. he is a new brand of ceos of buying
one prescription. that means more of us are feeling the effects of rising prices. last year overall spending on prescription drugs jumped 12.2% to nearly 300 billion dollars. that s five times what prices jumped in 2013. later in the show we will talk about one reason for that spike. expensive new speciality drugs to treat hepatitis c. it is not just new drugs fuelling the jump in spending. the wall street journal analysed prices for top 30 selling drugs, including old medicines, it showed increases averaging 76% from 2010 to 2014. that was more than elite times general eight times general inflation. companies rely on increases to provide sales growth. that helps when some of the demand for the drugs is weakening. the anger over rising drug prices has ramped up because of this guy, martin. he described it would be fine to raise the price of an older drug used by aids and cancer patient by more than 5,000%. he is a new brand of ceos of buying rights to old drugs and jacking u
50% of all adults takes at least one prescription. that means more of us are feeling the effects of rising prices. last year overall spending on prescription drugs jumped 12.2% to nearly 300 billion dollars. that s five times what prices jumped in 2013. later in the show we will talk about one reason for that spike. expensive new speciality drugs to treat hepatitis c. it is not just new drugs fuelling the jump in spending. the wall street journal analysed prices for top 30 selling drugs, including old medicines, it showed increases averaging 76% from 2010 to 2014. that was more than elite times general eight times general inflation. companies rely on increases to provide sales growth. that helps when some of the demand for the drugs is weakening. the anger over rising drug prices has ramped up because of this guy, martin. he described it would be fine to raise the price of an older drug used by aids and cancer patient by more than 5,000%. he is a new brand of ceos of buying
one prescription. that means more of us are feeling the effects of rising prices. last year overall spending on prescription drugs jumped 12.2% to nearly 300 billion dollars. that s five times what prices jumped in 2013. later in the show we will talk about one reason for that spike. expensive new speciality drugs to treat hepatitis c. it is not just new drugs fuelling the jump in spending. the wall street journal analysed prices for top 30 selling drugs, including old medicines, it showed increases averaging 76% from 2010 to 2014. that was more than elite times general eight times general inflation. companies rely on increases to provide sales growth. that helps when some of the demand for the drugs is weakening. the anger over rising drug prices has ramped up because of this guy, martin. he described it would be fine to raise the price of an older drug used by aids and cancer patient by more than 5,000%. he is a new brand of ceos of buying rights to old drugs and jacking u