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6 September 2018Americas

Drug makers’ REMS misuse costs $13.4bn per year: report

The misuse of federal drug programmes by branded pharmaceutical companies is costing the US healthcare system $13.4 billion per year in lost savings, a report commissioned by a generics trade group has claimed.

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