Trends in Prices of Popular Brand-Name Prescription Drugs in the United States
Pharmaceutical drug net spending in the United States reached $324 billion in 2017 and is expected to increase 2% to 5% annually over the next 5 years.1 Per capita pharmaceutical spending is 54% to 209% higher in the United States than other high-income countries2 because of higher prices and widening differential of pay between public and private insurers.3
