Big Pharma price hikes in the USA

This video from the USA says about itself:

What Does The EpiPen Price Hike Really Mean For Families?

25 August 2016

Thom speaks with caller Emma, who explains how much the Epi Pen price increase will cost her family and how that could impact low-income households.

The pharmaceutical company Mylan has been making headlines in recent weeks for hiking the price of its life-saving EpiPen device by more than 450 percent. A report released this past June, however, notes that the company has made similar price increases for a number of its drugs: here.

Mylan CEO’s salary soared by 671% as firm hiked EpiPen prices. The incident is just the latest in which a pharmaceutical firm has been accused of price-hiking: here.

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