879% drug price hike is one of 3,400 in 2019 so far; rate of hikes increasing
Found on Ars Technica on Tuesday, 02 July 2019
The average price increase per drug was 10.5%, a rate around five times that of inflation. About 40 of the drugs saw triple-digit increases. That includes a generic version of the antidepressant Prozac, which saw a price increase of 879%.
"Requests and public shaming haven't worked," Michael Rea, chief executive of RX Savings Solutions, told Reuters last December.
If being nice does not work, make laws for it.