Article Highlights Causes, Potential Solutions for High Drug Prices

While there are “no easy solutions” to high drug prices, there are a number of steps that could help wrangle prices, according to a recent article published in Nature.

The author, S. Vincent Rajkumar, writes that global prescription drug spending is set to hit roughly $1.3 trillion this year, with the U.S. expected to account for about $350 billion of that.

“The high cost of prescription drugs threatens healthcare budgets, and limits funding available for other areas in which public investment is needed,” Rajkumar writes.

To read the full article in Nature, click here.