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High Drug Prices Weigh on Patients, Will Lawmakers Respond?

Pharmaceutical start-ups are increasingly using drug patent loopholes to jack up prices on old drugs. It's just one example of the wild west of drug pricing. Unlike Europe and Canada, the US doesn't negotiate the price of drugs or provide caps. Guest host Barbara Bogaev asks whether costs are out of control, and explores what should be done about it.

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KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Dec 29, 2015 • 52m Listen

Pharmaceutical start-ups are increasingly using drug patent loopholes to jack up prices on old drugs. It's just one example of the wild west of drug pricing. Unlike Europe and Canada, the US doesn't negotiate the price of drugs or provide caps. Guest host Barbara Bogaev asks whether costs are out of control, and explores what should be done about it.

Later on the program, a look at how the Islamic State justifies its treatment of female war captives ­­ ISIS and the theology of sex slavery.

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