IMS: US prescription drug spending jumped 13 pct. in 2014 (Update)

U.S. spending on prescription drugs soared last year, driven up primarily by costly breakthrough medicines, manufacturer price hikes and a surge from millions of people newly insured due to the Affordable Care Act. Spending rose 13 percent, the biggest jump since 2001, to a total of $374…

Source: IMS: US prescription drug spending jumped 13 pct. in 2014 (Update)