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Below you will find a list of medicines that have been increasing in price or are at risk of a price increase. We are in the process of creating a page for each medicine that will contain more information about its use and accessibility to the medicine.

Off-patent essential medicines that have been price hiked1

the chemical structures of off patent essential medicines that have been hiked in price; pyrimethamine, cycloserine, albendazole, flucytosine, procarbazine, praziquantel, chlorambucil, penicillamine

Essential medicines at risk of price hikes1

the chemical structures of essential medicines that are at risk of being hiked in price; pyrazinamide, ethionamide, sulfadiazine, chlofazimine, pentamidine, dapsone, benznidazole, permethrin, p-aminosalicyclic acid

Medicines that have had an increase in price in 2020 or 20212,3

the chemical structures of medicines that have increase in price in 2020 and/or 2021; vorpaxar, clorazepate, triamterene, isocarboxazid, diclofenac, indomethacin, testosterone undecanoate, frovatriptan, theophylline, dichlofenamide, tapentadol

The most expensive small molecule medicines in the USA in 20214

the chemical structures of the most expensive small molecule medicines in 2021; lonafarnib, cladribine, lomitapide, glycerol phenylbutyrate, chenodiol, larotrectinib, berotralstat, ripretinib, enasidenib, avapritinib, mifepristone, eliglustat

References

  1. Alpren, J.D., Song, J. and Stauffer, W.M. (2016) Essential Medicines in the United States - Why Access is Diminishing, The New England Journal of Medicine, 374(20), pp 1904-1907 DOI:10.1056/NEJMp1601559
  2. Marsh, T. (2020) Live Updates: January Drug Price Hikes Are Here, GoodRx, accessed 24 March 2021 https://www.goodrx.com/blog/january-drug-price-hikes-2020/
  3. Marsh, T. (2021) Live Updates: January 2021 Drug Price Increases, GoodRx, accessed 24 March 2021 https://www.goodrx.com/blog/january-drug-price-hikes-2021/
  4. Chase, L. (2021) The 20 Most Expensive Prescription Drugs in the U.S.A., GoodRx, accessed 24 March 2021 https://www.goodrx.com/blog/20-most-expensive-drugs-in-the-usa/

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