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Is fraud the business model of the prescription drug industry?
20th December 2016
Yes according to Democrat Bernie Sanders who is using the inter-regum between the Presidential election and the inauguration of Donald Trump to push his campaign alleging price gouging by the leading US pharmaceutical giants.
More here
I was struck in particular by an article in the FT that claimed the price of a routine anti-worming treatment is hundreds of times more expensive in the US than it is when paying over-the-counter in the UK. The brand Impax sells tapeworm treatment course for $880 v £3.50 in UK for the same treatment Ovex.
More here from the Guardian
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