Sunday, October 01, 2000
Prescription Drugs, Price Discrimination

Breast Cancer Drugs Are More Expensive on Long Island than in Foreign Countries

This report for Rep. McCarthy is an example of the reports prepared by the Special Investigations Division that compare breast cancer drug prices in the United States with prices in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. It found that breast cancer patients in Long Island pay much more for drugs than consumers in these four industrialized countries.