Tagged as: daraprim
Will Federal Regulators Take Action Against Pharmaceutical Price-Gouging?
Pharmaceutical companies have been notoriously price-gouging. The recent scandal centered around the ridiculously inflated cost of Daraprim showed how carelessly pricing is regulated.Many have been left wondering if federal lawmakers will take action a...
Specialty Manufacturer Offers $1 Alternative To Turing’s High-Priced Antiparasitic
Turing Pharmaceuticals purchased the rights to the parasite-fighting drug Daraprim in August and raised the price to $750 per pill. Both media and medicine were outraged, sparking a full-on protest that condemned the company's CEO Martin Shkreli.Shkrel...
CEO Raises Price Of Antiparasitic Drug To $750 Per Pill
The high cost of pharmaceuticals is a widespread issue in the United States. Pharmaceutical price-gouging is something that presidential candidates are trying to combat, but the seriousness of the problem wasn't as clear until the cost of a life-saving dru...