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Highest Total Spending: Medicare Part B
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/15/2016 - 01:37
- Aflibercept, injection, age-related macular degeneration, $1.9 billion
- Rituximab, injection, cancer/rheumatoid arthritis, $1.6 billion
- Pegfilgrastim, injection, stimulates white blood cell formation in cancer patients, $1.3 billion
Source: CMS via STAT
Source URL: https://www.statnews.com/2016/12/08/drugs-cost-taxpayers/
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