Cyril T. Zaneski

Drug manufacturers fired back yesterday at consumer advocates who claim that inflated pharmaceutical prices have eroded savings for Medicare beneficiaries under a new government-sponsored discount prescription program. The Pharmaceutical Research...

Soaring prices for brand-name medicines are outpacing inflation by a wide margin and eroding possible savings for seniors using new Medicare-sponsored drug discount cards, according to separate studies released yesterday...

The Bush administration unveiled price comparisons yesterday showing Medicare prescription drug discount cards producing larger-than-expected savings, but the federal study failed to satisfy critics who questioned the findings and insisted...