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TELL US: What tricks do you have to save money on prescription drugs?

Prescription drugs on shelves at ScriptCo on Apr. 13, 2022. (Lauren Witte/The Texas Tribune, Lauren Witte/The Texas Tribune)

A Senate committee grilled top executives of three major pharmaceutical companies Thursday, asking why Americans are paying more for prescription drugs than other countries?

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Bernie Sanders said Merck charges diabetes patients $6,900 for Januvia when that exact same product can be purchased for $900 in Canada and $200 in France. Johnson & Johnson charges Americans with arthritis $79,000 for Stelara, while that same product can be purchased for $16,000 in the United Kingdom. Bristol Myers Squibb charges patients in America $7,100 for Eliquis, while that same product can be purchased for $900 in Canada and just $650 in France.

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About the Author
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Tiffany comes home to Jacksonville, FL from WBND in South Bend, Indiana. She went to Mandarin High School and UNF. Tiffany is a former WJXT intern, and joined the team in 2023 as Consumer Investigative Reporter and member of the I-TEAM.

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