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Ocasio-Cortez Asks CEO Why His Drug Costs $2000 In The U.S., Just $8 In Australia

Truvada, a drug designed in the U.S. to reduce the risk of HIV transmission, is more expensive here than anywhere in the world. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked why. And it's the same old story. What can be manufactured and sold for next to nothing as a generic drug, isn't allowed in the United States because the drug companies write their own laws with much longer patent protection than they should have. Source: The Hill Rep.

 

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