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Medication and American Capitalism: Has the Need for Regulating Medication Prices Reached the Doorsteps of the Drug Industry?

Name Your Price: Daraprim Experiences an Up-pricing JEAN PHILLIP SHAMI—With one purchase in August 2015, a 62-year-old drug used to treat a rare and deadly infection called toxoplasmosis experienced a drastic 5,000% price increase from $13.50 a pill to $750 a pill. Daraprim, which AIDS/HIV patients often take because of weakened immune systems, became the […]