Drug Spending in 2017: The CEO of Prime Therapeutics Responds to Drug Channels

A few weeks ago, I highlighted the latest drug spending data in Reality Check: New Prime Therapeutics Data Show Very Low Drug Spending Growth in 2017. As I see it, these data contradict the public rhetoric about excessive growth in drug spending and prices. I concluded that drug spending is not actually "out of control."

Jim DuCharme, president and CEO of Prime Therapeutics, emailed me with an alternative and much more critical interpretation of the drug spending situation. Fortunately, he didn’t seem to mind my artistic choices.

Jim was kind enough to allow me to share his thoughts with the Drug Channels audience. Read on for his perspective.

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