The cost of MS medications keeps on rising

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What goes up….will keep going up? Ever since Novartis introduced the first pill to treat multiple sclerosis last year, prices for MS meds have jumped as much as 39 percent. Why? Other drugmakers are charging more for their older treatments in order to maintain revenue in the face of eroding unit sales, Bloomberg News writes.

Novartis charges $48,000 for its new Gilenya pill, which prompted Teva Pharmaceutical to raise the price of its Copaxone injectable by 39 percent to $42,300 a year since January 2010. And the cost of MS drugs, which patients generally take for life, is now on par with many cancer meds. Consequently, patients without insurance or who do not qualify for assistance programs may be out of luck.... Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... ageid/2479