So much for deflating health care costs.
U.S. spending on specialty prescription drugs — those used to treat chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis — is likely to increase 67 percent by the end of 2015, according to data from Express Scripts.
The pharmacy benefits manager said the increase in spending over the next three years is mostly due to a large number of drugs under development and doctors delaying treatment of patients until they're on the market.
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