What happened: U.S. drug manufacturers increased the price ofmore than 500 drugs at the start of 2021, according to Reuters.
Reuters reported that health care research firm 46brooklyn said its “analysis of Medicaid data shows the average cost per branded drug is still ticking up” despite the fact drug price increases have slowed substantially since 2015.
Nearly all drug price increases were less than 10% and the median increase is 4.7%t. 46brooklyn also launched a new dashboard to track drug price increases. The Frontlines: In July 2020, U.S.
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