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On the recordMarch 1, 2017
A couple of years ago Turing Pharmaceuticals took an off-patent drug that treats HIV patients, Daraprim, and raised it by a price of 5000 percent.
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Gus Bilirakis
Republican · Florida

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Discussing significant price hikes of off-patent drugs by pharmaceutical companies.

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