Article 3PKJT The Price of This Drug Went Up 100,000 Percent Since 2001 for No Good Reason

The Price of This Drug Went Up 100,000 Percent Since 2001 for No Good Reason

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Matt Novak
from Gizmodo on (#3PKJT)
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Did you catch 60 Minutes last night? If you did, you may have learned about a drug called Acthar that went from $40 in 2001 to over $40,000 today. It's a perfect illustration of just how poorly regulated the US pharmaceutical industry continues to be and how there's absolutely no good reason for the extreme prices"

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