A new study by Business Group on Health reveals that, amid increases in the percentage of health care dollars spent on pharmacy, 92% of employers are concerned about high-cost drugs in the pipeline, with 91% reporting concern about pharmacy cost trends overall. In a press call announcing the study’s results, Ellen Kelsay, the organization’s president and CEO, said that “virtually all of the market trend and increase in trend” in health care costs is coming from drug costs and “the road ahead for prescription drug and pharmacy looks quite daunting.”

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