To understand the complex market and regulatory forces that influence drug pricing, NORC partnered with Arnold Ventures to examine five pharmaceutical products, tracing the steps of each drug’s development, commercialization, and sale to patients.

In the interactive, each treatment’s playbook tells a story about how decisions and actions by key supply chain players impact pricing. Many factors determine the cost of prescription drugs. Pharmaceutical companies play a major role, as do government programs, providers, private insurers, and pharmacy benefit managers.