January 2, 2013
Questcor Finds Profits, at $28,000 a Vial
The doctor was dumbfounded: a drug that used to cost $50 was now selling for $28,000 for a 5-milliliter vial…The story of Questcor’s wonder drug begins in Rochester, Minn. It was there, at the Mayo Clinic, that Dr. Philip S. Hench spent more than 20 years searching for what he called Substance X. Dr. Hench, a rheumatologist, […]
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