Cost of Inflation for Compounded Ingredients
In 2013 and 2014, spend for compound medications escalated rapidly. Compounded drugs
now rank as the third-most-expensive therapy class on a PMPY basis, displacing high blood
pressure medications, which had ranked among the top three most-expensive traditional
therapy classes for at least a decade. Compounding was the primary manner in which
prescriptions were prepared until the 1950s, but mass pharmaceutical production had
supplanted this method by the 1970s. The volume of compounded prescriptions continued
to drop over time, representing less than 1% of all prescriptions by the early 2000s,6
and
their share is similar today.
Express Scripts report (PDF)
Express Scripts report (PDF)
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