Newly-launched U.S. drugs head toward record-high prices in 2022

IS THIS WHAT IT WOULD COST OUT OF POCKET, WITHOUT INSURANCE, FOR A NEW MEDICATION?


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" The median annual price of 13 novel drugs approved for chronic conditions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration so far this year is $257,000, Rooters found.

They were in good company: seven other newly-launched drugs were priced above $200,000. Three other drugs launched in 2022 are used only intermittently and were not included in the calculation.

Last year, the median annual price rose to $180,000 for the 30 drugs first marketed through mid-July 2021, according to a study published recently in JAMA. "