The Price of Pills

In the Balance by BBC

Sep 22, 201826:29Business

Drug firms are coming under fire from the US, Europe and China over the cost of some of their products. But is it simply the price we have to pay if we want Big Pharma to keep producing life-saving medicines? President T...

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