Drug Pricing in America

Published: April 16, 2019, 3:43 p.m.

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How do you set a price on staying alive? In this episode of \\u201cDeep Dive,\\u201d Arnold Ventures Co-Chair Laura Arnold sits down with David Mitchell, founder of Patients for Affordable Drugs, who began his fight for drug pricing reform after a devastating diagnosis of an incurable blood cancer. The cost to keep him alive each year: $325,000. They discuss a broken system built to serve those who profit\\u2014rather than patients who depend on it for their health\\u2014and bust myths perpetuated by pharma to justify high prices.

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