Figure 1: Percentage of New Part B Drugs Approved by the Food and Drug Administration, 2006-2013, by Condition Approved to Treat
This image is excerpted from a U.S. GAO report:
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MEDICARE PART B: Expenditures for New Drugs Concentrated among a Few Drugs, and Most Were Costly for Beneficiaries
Notes: We identified new Part B drugs using the list of new molecular entities and new biologics approved by FDA from 2006 through 2013 and comparing it with CMS's Part B pricing files.
We excluded vaccines for influenza and haemophilus influenzae as well as drugs billed using not otherwise classified drug codes from our identification of these drugs.
We categorized drugs' approved treatment conditions into 14 categories. Drugs used in diagnostic imaging were categorized as their own condition category. The "other" category includes the following conditions, each of which had fewer than three drugs approved from 2006 through 2013: neurology, ophthalmology, dermatology, orthopedic, cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and vaccines.
Figure 1: Percentage of New Part B Drugs Approved by the Food and Drug Administration, 2006-2013, by Condition Approved to Treat
This image is excerpted from a U.S. GAO report:
www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-12
MEDICARE PART B: Expenditures for New Drugs Concentrated among a Few Drugs, and Most Were Costly for Beneficiaries
Notes: We identified new Part B drugs using the list of new molecular entities and new biologics approved by FDA from 2006 through 2013 and comparing it with CMS's Part B pricing files.
We excluded vaccines for influenza and haemophilus influenzae as well as drugs billed using not otherwise classified drug codes from our identification of these drugs.
We categorized drugs' approved treatment conditions into 14 categories. Drugs used in diagnostic imaging were categorized as their own condition category. The "other" category includes the following conditions, each of which had fewer than three drugs approved from 2006 through 2013: neurology, ophthalmology, dermatology, orthopedic, cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and vaccines.