Sick Money (Pt 1): Exposing the drug companies' price gouging tactics

Published: Oct. 5, 2021, 3 a.m.

In the first of two episodes this week, we're taking a deep dive into the pharmaceutical industry.

How much does the medication you take actually cost? What if a company came along and bought the rights to a particular drug and started charging double, triple, or even 10,000 times as much for the same drugs? Today: how a company made millions by raising the price on drugs that should have cost pennies.

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Guest: Billy Kenber, investigations reporter, The Times.

Host: David Aaronovitch.



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