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Protecting Ohio seniors from drug price gouging
2015-10-19 23:32:53| Biotech - Topix.net
For too many Ohioans, prescription drug prices are rising dramatically as much as 1,000% for some drugs. And the reason for these increases is too often due to the egregious practices of some pharmaceutical companies.
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Biotech stocks fall on Clinton vow to fight 'price gouging'
2015-09-22 01:11:01| Biotech - Topix.net
It was the one of the worst days of the year for the stock market performance of the biotech industry. Clinton's announcement on Twitter follows news that drugmaker Turing Pharmaceuticals hiked the price of a 53-year-old drug for a potentially deadly parasitic infection from $13.50 per pill to $750.
How Gilead Sciences Is Gouging Hepatitis C Patients, $1,000 a Pill
2015-06-21 20:06:31| Biotech - Topix.net
A new wave of hepatitis C drugs is all the rage. But while these new pills boast cure rates of 90 percent in less time than their predecessors, their prices are causing rage.
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Business Traveler: More Price Gouging at LAX
2015-03-12 07:46:42| Airlines - Topix.net
Back when I used to fly exclusively on Northwest Airlines, my first taste of price gouging at LAX involved an ill attempt to buy a value meal at Burger King - only twelve dollars for a simple meal. Airport shops have been gouging for so long that it's almost a joke among the travel community.
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Verizon threatens to sue FCC if it pushes ahead with net neutrality, reserves right to continue gouging customers
2014-11-06 16:26:09| Extremetech
Verizon's legal counsel has offered up his explanation for why the FCC shouldn't regulate the Internet -- if it does, Verizon might sue. Again.
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