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It’s like they WANT people to suffer: In another case of Big Pharma greed, “periodic paralysis” drug that used to be free now costs over $100,000 a year

January 3, 2018 -

Posted by Isabelle Z.

(Natural News) In yet another story of heartless price gouging, a pharmaceutical company has raised the price of a drug that was once free to more than $100,000 a year. Businesses exist to make money, of course, but Big Pharma is no stranger to taking advantage of people’s suffering. Turning a profit is one thing, […]

in: Big Pharma, Cancer, Cancer Industry, Disease Treatments, Diseases, Health, Medicine, Muscle

Drug makeover: When a drug underperforms, Big Pharma renames it, labels it for another use and jacks up the price

January 2, 2018 -

Posted by Robert Jonathan

(Natural News) A drug that treats periodic paralysis may be pricing those afflicted with the condition out of the market. Originally a medicine approved for glaucoma treatment, the U.K. National Health Service made Daranide available for the equivalent of about $500 U.S. dollars for a year’s supply. Daranide reportedly didn’t work well for the eye disease, […]

in: Big Pharma, Drugs, Pharmaceutical Drug Addiction

Rare paralysis treatment drug that used to be free now costs over $100,000 a year, thanks to Big Pharma price gouging

January 1, 2018 -

Posted by David Williams

(Natural News) A lot of drugs have been on the market for quite a long time. Created decades back, some of these have fluctuated over the course of their existence with patients not having any trouble adjusting to the changes, except in certain cases. One such case is a drug now called Keveyis. The drug was […]

in: Culture & Society, Pharmaceutical Drug Addiction