PRICE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN U.S., U.K. IS SMALLER FOR RECENT PRODUCTS: COULD REPRESENT TREND AWAY FROM UNEQUAL PRICES AMONG DEVELOPED WORLD NATIONS, GAO SAYS
Executive Summary
The price differential between newly introduced products in the U.S. and U.K. is smaller than it is for products that have been on the market for more than six years, according to a report by the General Accounting Office released on Feb. 2. The GAO report, requested by House Energy & Commerce/Health Subcommittee Chairman Waxman (D-Calif.), examines the U.S. and U.K. prices of the 77 drugs among the top 200 most frequently dispensed brand name prescription pharmaceuticals in the U.S. that are also marketed in the U.K.