Research Letter

Prescription Drug Launch Price Trends Before and After the Inflation Reduction Act

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.17742

September 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This study examines prescription drug launch prices over the last 2 decades and changes after the initiation of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Corresponding Author: Benjamin N. Rome, MD, MPH, Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL), Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 41 Ave Louis Pasteur, Ste B17, Boston, MA 02115 (brome@bwh.harvard.edu).

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