…as producer prices for natural gas to electric utilities rose 10.2%, producer prices for industrial natural gas rose 7.0%, refinery prices for jet fuel rose 14.8%, and refinery prices for…

…list prices, which can be distinguished from net prices. List prices are those prices set by manufacturers, which determine what a patient pays at the pharmacy. Net prices account for…

…our observation of insulin prices in Q1 2023 based upon the number of unique prices observed, the minimum observed unit price and the maximum observed unit price. As can be…

…prices averaged 5.0% higher on a 8.0% increase in wholesale prices for gasoline, a 10.6% increase in wholesale prices for home heating oil, and a 6.2% increase in wholesale prices for…

by cactus Forbes and the “Self-Made” Label I’m kinda busy these days, but this topic is small pet peeve of mine: what the heck is up with Forbes and the…

…have to submit articles.” Off-label use of drugs is big business. According to The Wall Street Journal, “[FDA] is stepping into a high-stakes business issue, because off-label uses of prescription…

…year… the price index for intermediate energy goods rose 4.0% in July, as refinery prices for jet fuel rose 6.2%, refinery prices for gasoline rose 6.2%, producer prices for LP…

…the June price index for crude energy goods rose 5.8% as crude oil prices rose 9.9%, unprocessed natural gas prices rose 1.7%, and coal prices rose 0.7%, while the price…

…drugs.” Nevertheless, if manufacturer list price = drug price (and nothing else matters in that equation), then we expect a list price decrease to perfectly equal a plan drug price…

…unreasonable cases, but if it is reasonable that the off-label use of the drug might have caused the damage, then the encouraged off-label use would lead to an assumption of…