NU Online News Service, April 20, 10:09 a.m. EDT
The workers' compensation industry experienced a 5.4 percent growth in total pharmacy spend per injured worker in 2008, according to a study by Tampa, Fla.-based comp insurance services firm PMSI.
A significant portion of the increase was attributed to a copyright action by Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, which removed generic equivalents of that popular pain killer from the marketplace.
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