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Hospitals extract huge markups on pediatric cancer drugs

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Jul 9, 2024, 10:24

Hospitals extract huge markups on pediatric cancer drugs

Aaron Mitchell, Medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, shared on X:

“As usual, hospitals extract huge markups on pediatric cancer drugs.

But wow, the variation. Ameet Sarpatwari, William Feldman, Aaron Kesselheim does the same drug given at Driscoll Children’s provide 6x the benefit as when given at Phoenix?”

Commercial markups on pediatric oncology drugs at 340B pediatric hospitals

Authors: Ian T. T. Liu, Junyi Wang, Ameet Sarpatwari, Aaron S. Kesselheim and William B. Feldman.

Hospitals extract huge markups on pediatric cancer drugs

Source: Aaron Mitchell/X

Aaron Kesselheim Aaron Mitchell cancer Driscoll Children's Hospital Ian T. T. Liu Junyi Wang Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center OncoDaily Oncology pediatric cancer drugs William B. Feldman William Feldman

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