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Released: March 26, 2013
An insider’s view of generic-drug pricing
Source: David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times (Free Registration)
Bob Toomajian worked for 16 years as Kaiser Permanente's drug purchasing manager for Southern California, giving him an insider's knowledge of how medications are priced before reaching consumers.
When it comes to patented name-brand drugs, he told me, pharmaceutical companies try to get away with the highest prices possible.
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