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Information About Prescription Medications


Interesting Fatcs About Prescription Drugs

  • The average cost of developing and bringing a new prescription drug to market is $802 million. It usually takes between 10 and 15 years to develop and bring a new medication to market
  • Over 90% of drugs entering clinical trials fail to make it to the market
  • Each year in the United States, more than 160 million prescriptions are written for antibiotics. Humans consume 235 million doses of antibiotics annually. It is estimated that 20%-50% of that use is unnecessary
  • 96% of patients don’t ask any questions about their prescriptions
  • Improper use of prescription medicines costs the economy over $15 billion per year

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