Surprise! Brand-Name Drug Prices Fell (Again) in 2020 (rerun)

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Drug Channels Quarterly Update: Patients, Payers, and PBMs.

Click here to see the original post and comments from January 2021.


It was another year of unexpected drug price developments.

In 2020, brand-name drug net prices dropped for the third consecutive year. Meanwhile, brand-name drug list prices grew at their slowest rate in at least 20 years. See our updated analysis below.

I also review the factors behind declining brand-name drug prices. These factors are firmly in place for 2021.

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Our new Congress may try tackle drug prices in the new year. Let’s hope that their policy perceptions catch up to today’s realities.

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