Australian students recreate Martin Shkreli price-hike drug in school lab
by Melissa Davey from on (#23JJY)
Sydney Grammar students create HIV and malaria drug Daraprim in their school laboratory, putting results online
A group of Australian high school students have managed to recreate a life-saving drug that rose from US$13.50 to US$750 a tablet overnight after an unscrupulous price-hike by former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli.
The Sydney Grammar students reproduced the drug, Daraprim, used to treat a rare but deadly parasitic infection, in their high school laboratory with support from the University of Sydney and global members of the Open Source Malaria consortium.
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