Prescription drug corporation. Jon, thank you for coming over from des moines. Jon rosmann thahas for the opportunity. Craig vansandt as i said, our topic t tay is the ethics of drug pricing. There has been no shortage of news this fall about price increases with prescription drugs. If you read the news, you see that prices, or at least it seems to be, that prices are going up very rapdly. Ben, id like to start off f e questions with you as a phd student. Is the popular press giving us an accurate picture . Are prices going up this rapidly . Ben urick you know, i would say it depends on the medications you look at. If we talk about brand name pharmaceuticals, the answer is yes. Certainly things like sovaldi, made by gilead pharmaceutut als, for hepatitis c, coming out at 86,000 is an incredible price to pay for a know, im sure many of the viewers have heard about daraprim that was purchased by Turing Pharmaceuticals who then increased the price 5000 . Now, those are extreme cases but i
Dr. Ghosh thank you. Craig vansandt were also very happy to have jon rosmann with us, who is the executive director of the iowow Prescription Drug corporation. Jon, thank you for coming over from des moines. Jon rosmann thanks for the opportunity. Craig vansandt as i said, our topic today is the ethics of drug pricing. There hasseen no shortage of news this fall about price increases with Prescription Drugs. If you read the news, you see that prices, or at least it seems to be, that prices are going up very rapidly. Ben, id like to start off the questions with you as a phd studenen is the popular press giving us an accurate picture . Are ben urick you knono i would say it depends on the medications you look at. If we talk about brand name pharmaceuticals, the answer is yes. Certainly gilead pharmaceutic als, for hepatitis c, comimi out at 86,000 is an incredible price to pay for a therapy like that. You know, im sure many of the viewers have heard about daraprim that was purchased by T
At the zanker landfill. The firefighters tell us that they have the fire contained to one area and it is not spreading. Strong northwesterly winds are pushing the smoke southeast towards 880. It is difficult to tackle because it is in a remote area where Water Resources are limited. Running out of water. Coming back down to refill their tanks so they can go back up and continue to fight the fire 52 we will start a shuttle operation where they will shuttle water up and downhill to have enough water to put out the fire. It is hugging the grounds and not causing problems for people right now. No Health Advisories issued. There is no shelter in place, and no structures are threatened. Taking another live look at the scene, firefighters are expected to be out there all night. We have a crew on the way and we will have the latest for you on kpix5 at 11 00. That landfill fire is one of several fires today in san jose. Chp says this brush fire may of started after someone threw a burning objec
Should wait until the end of june to reopen. Also, a new study finds the Coronavirus Spread in the United States as early as january, infecting as many as 28,000 people in major cities like new york, San Francisco and seattle, without many of them ever knowing it. So also this morning, it has come to this. Public health officials, states, major corporations, having to issue public statements essentially saying dont listen to the president , it might be damaging to your health. It is like some bizarro Surgeon General warning. Why . The president mused about whether household disinfectants which can kill the virus on surfaces can somehow be injected into your body to cure covid19. The Parent Company of lysol this morning, just released this statement saying, quote, under no circumstances should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body through injection, ingestion or any other route. The state of washington said basically the same thing. What the president suggested i
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