CEO of US drug company jacks up price of pills from $13.50 to US$700 each.
These pills are available in NZ with Pharmac subsidy by special authority at $36.95 per 50 tablets (25mg)
Price today in the USA has jumped to over US$45,000 per 60 tablets (25mg) - up from about $800.
And I thought Walter White was an evil bastard.
The active compound is available (pharma grade) from China for less than $5 per gram ( works out at about 12 cents per tablet )
Typical dose may be 75mg per day. From Pharmac schedule:
Toxoplasmosis treatment for HIV patients, 3 months (new cost up to about $280,000 per patient)
Pregnant women during course of pregnancy (new cost perhaps $750,000 per patient)
Children - toxoplasmosis up to 12 months (new cost perhaps a million dollars per patient)
Going to have to sell a hell of a lot of milk powder to Uncle Sam to make it worth not being able to press a few tablets out of a cheap and easy to obtain chemical.