How to Buy DRUGS: The Finances of the Pharmac...

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In the first of two episodes this week, we're taking a deep dive into the pharmaceutical industry.

How much does the medication you take actually cost? What if a company came along and bought the rights to a particular drug and started charging double, triple, or even 1 ...

If you had a rare disease and the only drug that could help you suddenly shot up in price how would you feel? What if your health service or insurer decided it was too expensive and they wouldn’t fund it any more? This is the problem facing some patients in the Netherlands.In ord ...  Show more

Gilead Sciences announced today that it will charge the U.S. government and other developed countries $390 per vial for its coronavirus-fighting drug remdesivir. That begins to answer a big question as drug companies race to find treatments and develop vaccines for the virus: How ...  Show more

It's hard to put a value on a human life. When you're well, perhaps you don't think about it. But if you're ill, getting access to the right drugs, whatever the cost, is a priority. But the NHS does not have a bottomless pit of money. And some medicines are judged too expensive t ...  Show more