pontificateverb [ I ] uk â /pÉnËtÉªf.Éª.keÉªt/ us â /pÉËnËtÉªf.É.keÉªt/ disapproving. âº to speak or write and give your opinion about something as if you knew everything about it and as if only your opinion was correct: I think it should be illegal for non-parents to pontificate on/about parenting. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words.
The switch could also save patients $5 billion in insurance copayments, according to a new study in Health Affairs. Ranibizumab, more commonly known by its brand name Lucentis, is delivered as an injection to the eye and runs about $2,023 per dose.Many patients require up to 12 injections per year. That's why some doctors choose to prescribe the much cheaper drug Avastin (bevacizumab) instead, which costs around $55 per dose.n 2010, the combined cost of using Avastin and Lucentis to treat eye disorders was around $2 billion â or about one-sixth of the entire Medicare Part B drug budget.
Plavix (clopidogrel) is prescribed for a year or more after placement of a heart stent in order to prevent the stent from clotting up and causing a heart attack. Called stent thrombosis, this complication, although very infrequent, is fatal more than a third of the time. In 2010, worldwide sales of Plavix topped $6 billion (yes...billion!). For a typical stent patient, one 75mg tablet of brand-name Plavix a day cost more than $210 a month. Those with drug-eluting stents (80% or more of patients) generally must take Plavix for a year minimum.