Diabetes Drug Costs Could Soar 70 Percent by '09: Report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A growing diabetes epidemic and more aggressive treatment with combination drug therapies could result in a rise of nearly 70 percent in drug spending on the disease through 2009, according to a report released on Thursday by Medco Health Solutions Inc. Medco's 2007 Drug Trend Report found diabetes treatments trailing only cholesterol medications in total prescription drug spending growth in 2006.

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