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Origin of Everything
Why Are Prescription Drugs SO Expensive?
Season 2
Episode 27
Why are prescription drugs so expensive in the United States? Why does the same medication cost significantly less in other countries around the world? Today Danielle examines the history of pharmaceutical regulation in America and how it lead to such disproportionately high costs.
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