Specialty Drug Costs Soar 30% For California Pension Fund

(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline)

Specialty drug costs jumped 30 percent last year to $587 million for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, one of the nation’s largest health care purchasers. Continue reading article here…..

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