{"id":4776,"date":"2016-10-20T08:51:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T12:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2016-10-20T08:51:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T12:51:53","slug":"small-savings-for-drugs-made-to-mimic-biotech-blockbusters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4776","title":{"rendered":"Small Savings For Drugs Made To Mimic Biotech Blockbusters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Richard Harris for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Generic drugs generally cost 80 percent less than brand-name drugs, so hopes were high when a law enacted in 2010 paved the way for competition among the highest-priced drugs of all, known as biologics. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2016\/10\/19\/498559386\/small-savings-for-drugs-made-to-mimic-biotech-blockbusters?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=36173382&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_06rTLd6XB9iLRrHtam99DWijjhoXPTr5drdRcDy1rmSMti5yK-a-1LP8ATuYb00PYJxWHQVk0iaIC6f2ggeX7K7iIWA&amp;_hsmi=36173382\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"NPR logo\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Richard Harris for NPR) Generic drugs generally cost 80 percent less than brand-name drugs, so hopes were high when<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4777,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions\/4777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}