Drug Shortages Spur Price Gouging, With Markups Averaging 650%

With drug shortages at record rates, gray market vendors are charging an average 650 percent mark-up for shortage drugs, according to a release by the Premier Healthcare Alliance.

 

In some cases, the drugs being offered may be counterfeit, stolen, ineffective or unsafe.

 

The highest single recorded mark-up was 4,533 percent for a drug used to treat high blood pressure. Normally priced at $25.90, the stated price was $1,200.

 

Read the Premier release on high gray market mark-ups of shortage drugs.

 

Read the Premier Healthcare Alliance analysis.

 

Related Articles on Drug Shortages:

Drug Shortages to Reach Record Levels

5 Updates on the Nationwide Drug Shortage

Hospital Drug Shortage Survey Mirrors Results of American Society of Anesthesiologists Survey


 

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