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February 11, 2017 02:14 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/6enWuM_lipo/dollar-a-dose-off-patent-drug.html
Dollar-a-dose, off-patent drug being marketed in the US for $89,000 as a muscular dystrophy treatment
Deflazacort, a steroid, can be purchased online from non-US sources for $1.00, but now it's being marketed by Illinois's Marathon Pharmaceuticals for $89,000 as Emflaza, to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which predominantly affects men in their 20s. (more…)
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