Focus on Health Policy
A new paper shows how Medicare’s new preventive benefits and prescription drug insurance can help keep Medicare beneficiaries healthier, improve their quality of life, and save money for the Medicare system.
Click here to read the full report.
Click here to read the full report.
What Goes into the Cost of Prescription Drugs?

Whenever we talk about what goes into the cost of prescription drugs, one part of the cost equation overshadows all others: the cost of disease. The cost of disease includes the cost of medications, hospitalizations, doctor visits, physical therapies and surgeries.
Fact Sheets
For brief information that is usually related to a Press Release or other publication, click on any of the Fact Sheet links below. Supplemental material to the other print, audio, or video piecs can be found here.
For more In-depth information, PhRMA Policy Papers are available below and offer extensive research to supplement various publications.
For more In-depth information, PhRMA Policy Papers are available below and offer extensive research to supplement various publications.
Fact Sheets
- 04.20.08Selected Medicines in Development for Cancer
- 03.04.08Selected Medicines in Development for Neurologic Disorders
- 12.10.07Selected Medicines in Development for Major Diseases Affecting African Americans
- 11.26.07Selected Medicines in Development for Women
- 11.19.07Selected Medicines and Vaccines in Development for HIV/AIDS
Policy Papers
- 04.23.07219 Medicines in Development for Children
- 07.26.06PhRMA DTC Guiding Principles
- 05.16.06Backgrounder: 197 New Medicines in Development for Mental Illness
- 05.16.06Backgrounder: More than 240 New Medicines in the Pipeline for Neurologic Disorders
- 02.10.06Selected Medicines in Development for Mental Illness


What Goes Into the Cost of Prescription Drugs?