Thirty Years of Media Coverage on High Drug Prices in the United States—A Never-Ending Story or a Time for Change?

Abstract In recent years drug prices have increasingly become a topic of debate for patients, providers, payers and policy makers. To place the current drug price debate into historical context, we searched the New York Times and Wall Street Journal from 1985 – 2015 and found that concerns about dru...

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Published in:Value in health 2016, Vol.19 (1), p.14-16
Main Authors: Leopold, Christine, PhD, MS, Chambers, James D., PhD, MPharm, Wagner, Anita K., PharmD, MPH, DrPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical Research
Commerce - statistics & numerical data
Commerce - trends
Drug Industry - economics
Drug Industry - organization & administration
drug prices
Humans
Internal Medicine
media
New York Times
Newspapers as Topic - statistics & numerical data
United States
Wall Street Journal
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Summary:Abstract In recent years drug prices have increasingly become a topic of debate for patients, providers, payers and policy makers. To place the current drug price debate into historical context, we searched the New York Times and Wall Street Journal from 1985 – 2015 and found that concerns about drug prices have commonly featured in the press over the study period with recently stronger calls for change. Price levels, types of innovations, stakeholder responses, and strategies to address high prices discussed in the media suggest that concerted efforts are required to enable affordable and high-value innovations.
ISSN:1098-3015
1524-4733
DOI:10.1016/j.jval.2015.10.008