The drug costs patients 129,000. The same cost for patients in other countries about a third of that amount. I realize the pharmaceutical Companies Invest their researches, they bring a new drug to market, they should profit from that innovation, but why are the u. S. Patients getti getting gauged for drugs. Can you better explain why u. S. Taxpayers are paying for Biomedical Research at the front end and paying exorbitant prices at the back end . Ill just say that 50 of my colleagues and myself sent a letter to you and secretary burwell requesting that they write when taxpair funded research leads to patent product not available to the public on reasonable terms . What are reasonable terms . A drug shouldnt cost 129,000 for people to get access to it. I know this is a topic of great interest, and while it should be and my heart goes out as all of us do to patients who are in need of a therapeutic which is outside of their financial means to be able to gain access to. That ought to be
Market used to act, the old normal seemed to be back today when the ism Service Number came out less than expected, the bonds rallied. Thats the way it should work. Some peculiar moves we should say in the bond market today. Stocks weakened as soon as that report hit and that took us from being up 60 points to down 40 as weve had a triple digit swing if you want to call it that. The dow is off just about 5 points. The s p 500 and the nasdaq are a little weaker, too. Also, is it time to bet on marijuana stocks. Pot stocks. Be careful of the penny stocks we should be. Marijuana is legal in colorado and new york governor mario cuomo governor andrew. Having a history thing going on there. Andrew cuomo is moving to ease some restrictions on marijuana use in new york. Now, you can argue that the trend is certainly marijuanas trend these days, but were look to look at how investable pot is right now. Speak exclusively with med box ceo bruce bedrick. The fund has been on fire. And weather wrea
Arrested for drug and prostitution activity you have less than an hour to decide get helped or get booked. That story coming up. Good morning to you. Welcome to al jazeera america. Live from new york city. Im Morgan Radford. We begin this morning with a plea from the white house. The Obama Administration asking congress for more than 2 billion just to try to solve a growing humanitarian crisis. Tomorrow president obama will send a letter to lawmakers asking for Emergency Funds to curb the surge of unaccompanied children crossing in the United States from central america. President obama homes to give whomland security more power to they can deport immigrants home, and tougher penalties for coyotes. Since late last year 52,000 kids and 39,000 women and children have been caught making the journey. President obama addressed the influx in a Television Interview asking parents to stop sending the kid north. Our direct message to the families in central america. Do not send your children to