Tagged as: price-gouging
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...
Cancer Medication Is Grossly Overpriced In The U.S.
Consumer surveys illustrate a serious and widespread concern, presidential candidates push health care reform in their political platforms and the media continues to publicize drug makers putting profits over people.The unreasonably high cost of pharma...
Why Are U.S. Patients Paying More For Pharmaceuticals?
The unreasonably high price of pharmaceuticals in the United States has shined a bright light on the drug industry, exemplifying the fact that Americans are paying much more for medication than patients in other countries.The government healthcare budg...
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...