How one drug got its $500,000 price tag. (With 99 Percent Invisible– Season One, episode 3)
An Arm and a Leg ›24:31 | Nov 14th, 2018
The answer involves a suburban housewife, a 1970s TV star, and a Las Vegas maker of popcorn and nacho cheese sauce. Also: Wall Street.Produced with our friends at 99 Percent Invisible.Many thanks to A...Show More
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molinos recommended:Dec 6th, 2019
Why in the USA a drug costs 55.000$ and in Europe the same drug costs 200$? The story of the unbelievable drugs´prices in the USA goes back to the 70´with a mother fighting for a treatment for her son´s disease and a huge TV star.
dannyDec 6th, 2019
@molinos ☹️
molinosDec 6th, 2019
@danny Living in Spain with a National Health System available for everyone and free.. this series is like taking a look into hell.
dannyDec 6th, 2019
@molinos same here for Canada. We have our own issues but nothing like what's happening in the States.
molinosDec 6th, 2019
@danny Yeah, we have issues here also but at least we all know that if we get sick we can go to the hospital without worrying of bills, without thinking of money and afraid of having to sell our home in order to pay for healthcare. It´s insane having to pay for deliver your own children. I don't kno...Show More
dannyDec 6th, 2019
❤️ so true.
mmDec 7th, 2019
@danny @molinos I was inspired to check out what Canada’s orphan drug policies are after listening to this episode. Turns out that people are currently calling for an orphan drug policy framework and Canada doesn’t actually have a national Pharmacare plan though individual provinces may have them to...Show More
mm recommended:Dec 7th, 2019
I cried, laughed, and got mad while listening to this episode about orphan drugs for rare diseases. Abby “I’m only a housewife” is a brilliant advocate. Also a lesson on unintended consequences of policy where companies will always try to maximize profit and shareholder value over public benefit and...Show More
epekilis recommended:Jan 7th, 2019
I took 2 main messages from this episode: 1. The critical role that savvy media/PR can play in influencing public policy; and 2. The unintended impact of rare drug laws that enable research while also enabling six figure unaffordable drug pricing.