ARTICLE - Why biologics remain expensive

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Why Biologics Remain Expensive

Forbes

Intelligent Investing

Kramer, 12.04.09, 06:00 AM EST

At a time when Americans are shopping for bargains and desperately

learning how to live on a budget, it hardly seems appropriate for

Congress to be keeping our health care costs high. But that's exactly

what some congressional leaders are planning to do.

One of the undercards of the health care battle is the issue of

affordable biotech drugs. It hasn't gotten as much attention as the

overall health care reform topic, but it should. One in every 10

health care dollars is spent on prescription drugs, according to the

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. So how drugs are priced has a

meaningful impact on our total health care costs.

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