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06-25-2015, 09:33 AM
http://i.cbc.ca/1.3125943.1435161865!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/josh-debortoli.jpg A special drug for an extremely rare disease, Soliris costs about half a million dollars per patient, per year, for life. Why? The reasons for the price are locked in "the black box" of drug pricing that governments are seeking to crack open.


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