Source: FiercePharma
Still,
it does feel as if something's happening here. The building tensions over
pricing, and a review of the top 15 companies by 2016 revenues,
suggests the relentless march forward of drug prices and profits may have
slowed. Sales
for the top 15 companies were up about 4% for the year combined, certainly not
a figure that shows great strides. Four companies in the top 15 saw their
revenues fall for the year, while others reported results that would be
classified as flat.
The
companies prominent in the diabetes field have been under payer pressure for
several years now, and sales at Sanofi and Novo Nordisk illustrate that, even
if Eli Lilly managed to see some significant gains in diabetes meds in the
fourth quarter.