Patients Eagerly Awaited A Generic Drug. Then They Saw The Price.

KATIE THOMAS, NY Times: Health
Fri, 02/23/2018 - 12:05pm

Teva Pharmaceuticals announced it would sell a “lower-cost” alternative to Syprine, an old drug that costs more than $21,000. But the new generic version costs nearly as much.

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