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AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Issue #305, October 16, 1998
John S. James
The probable cause of the price increase is large research and development costs for new products (the Remune(TM) vaccination strategy studies, and experimental antiretrovirals AG 1549 and AG 1776, and an experimental cancer treatment AG 3340)--plus the unfavorable financial market, which would make it difficult and expensive to raise investment funding for this research if necessary. At this time the company's only marketed product is nelfinavir.
Drug Price Information on the Web
The Johns Hopkins AIDS Service Web site has basic information on over 160 drugs used in HIV medicine, including prices (average wholesale price, per pill); the prices are from the January 1998 edition of the Medi Span HOSPITAL FORMULARY PRICING GUIDE. This information also appears in print in 1998 MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF HIV INFECTION, by John G. Bartlett, M.D. The Web edition, which will be updated more frequently than the printed book, is at http://www.hopkins-AIDS.edu; select "Publications," then "Medical Management of HIV Infection." The prices are in Chapter 6, "Drugs: Guide to Information"; the prices are included with the drug listings, which are alphabetical by generic name.
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