M·CAM | Catalyst Pharmaceutical’s Firdapse price hike – Patently Obvious®
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Catalyst Pharmaceutical’s Firdapse price hike – Patently Obvious®

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Senator Bernie Sanders wrote an open letter to Catalyst Pharmaceuticals on the 4th of February regarding their newly FDA approved drug to treat Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome, saying “Catalyst’s decision to set the annual list price at $375,000 is not only a blatant fleecing of American taxpayers, but is also an immoral exploitation of patients who need this medication.”

Seeing this, M·CAM decided to investigate. What follows is a report on a company that has leveraged the patent system and orphan drug act against their intended use to profit on the suffering of vulnerable patients.

Download the Patently Obvious® report here

 

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