Coincidence between the
rapid increase of diabetes and the "discount" pharmaceutical prices? Sounds pretty sleazy.
The number of adults with diabetes in the world has more than doubled since 1980, a study in the Lancet says.
Researchers from Imperial College London and Harvard University in the US analysed data from 2.7m people across the world, using statistical techniques to project a worldwide figure.
They claim the total number of people with diabetes - which can be fatal - has risen from 153m to 347m.
And here's what
Wal-Mart and K-Mart have done:
The study also showed that Wal-Mart has raised prices for the 10 most-prescribed diabetes treatments by 32 percent between 2008 and 2010, compared with an average industry-wide increase of 21 percent, which includes chain drugstores, mail-order firms and independent pharmacies.
Kmart, a unit of Sears Holding Corp, raised its prices by 35 percent over the same two-year period, according to the study.
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