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Newer Drugs Increase Medication Adherence, Improving Health Outcomes and Decreasing Health Care Costs
New research from Columbia Business School finds that patients are 2.5% more likely to start and stay on a course of treatment for every 10-year decrease of a drug’s time on the market – equivalent to a 0.35 USD reduction in copayment for each day of a patient’s therapy.