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Claire McCaskill: “Orphan prices is a term in this area where you know you can really jack up the price because there is not competition.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2016
Orphan prices is a term in this area where you know you can really jack up the price because there is not competition.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill describes the implications of orphan drug pricing.

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