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Drug Prices – the Popular Punching Bag – Blog Post #353 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #353. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here .   Drug Prices are again in news. The TV anchors are talking about it. There is a general sense of anger about the possible increase in drug prices in near future. This arises out of the policy that the drug prices shall be increased based on Consumer Price Index (CPI). CPI is a reflection of how the prices of selected basic commodities have changed over a designated period. The recent published CPI data shows that the prices increased by over 18% during fiscal year July 2019 – June 2020 as compared to last fiscal year. For your understanding this is huge and s...

Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #183. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Continued from Previous…… Current Recommendations for Statin Therapy In the last 6 parts, I have walked you through the statins’ controversy, its basis, its protagonists and antagonists. There is no doubt that there are powerful voices on both sides of the disputes. There is equally no doubt that commercial interests are, at times, likely to prevail upon academic purity. It all relates to money, and there is a lot of money in statins. People can easily get killed where money prev...