Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Medicare covered $4.6B in hep C scripts for H1, and Gilead's the big winner

Medicare covered $4.6B in hep C scripts for H1, and Gilead's the big winner
October 20, 2015 | By Tracy Staton
Hepatitis C drugs were a big-ticket item for Medicare last year. They're on track to be even bigger this year. As ProPublica reports, Medicare Part D spent nearly $4.6 billion on hep C treatments for the first half of 2015--almost as much as paid for 2014 total. And according to script numbers, Gilead Sciences will reap the lion's share of that spending.

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