More Than 140 Drug Brands Will Have Their Prices Hiked Heading Into 2024

More than 140 brands of drugs are going to see their prices hiked heading into the new year.

And we’re guessing because there isn’t one “punchable face” scapegoat like Martin Shkreli to take the heat for the entire industry which has spent yet another year whoring itself to Washington D.C. and sponsoring corporate media, the price hikes will go largely unnoticed by government officials who would normally fein outrage about the issue.

Healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors found that Pfizer, Sanofi and Takeda are among other drugmakers that’ll hike prices on more than 140 brands and 500 different drugs/dosages, according to a Reuters report.

At the same time, we’re sure the media will swoon over the Biden Administration’s significantly discounted prices on 10 other high cost drugs, set to be published in September. As per usual, the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing…

Starting in 2026, under the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare can directly negotiate drug prices. But concerns are rising about potential supply chain disruptions due to extended conflict in the Middle East, affecting Red Sea shipping routes. Meanwhile, GlaxoSmithKline and two other companies plan to reduce prices on various drugs, including treatments for asthma, herpes, and epilepsy, starting in 2024, with at least 15 drugs seeing price cuts in January, the report says.