Meanwhile, brand-name drug makers are raising prices at 10 percent per year. The Trump administration has been trumpeting a huge increase in generic drug approvals by the Food and Drug Administration in the past two years, the result of its actions to streamline a cumbersome process and combat anti-competitive practices. But nearly half of those...
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Walmart generic drug discounts often offer more patient savings
(HealthDay)—Walmart’s Generic Drug Discount Program (GDDP), which sells many commonly used generic medications for $4 per 30-day supply, offers savings over Medicare for some generic cardiovascular medications, according to a research letter published online July 24 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Patrick Liu, from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., and...