STAT+: Pharma rings in the new year with 5% price hikes on hundreds of medicines

When it comes to prescription drug prices, what goes up often continues to go up – and 2021 is no exception.

Each January, the pharmaceutical industry is known for raising prices. And this month, the median wholesale price increased 4.8% for 645 brand-name medicines in the U.S., according to a new analysis by 46Brooklyn, a market research firm.

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