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Maker of $32,000 lead poisoning antidote pledges to create assistance program to help uninsured patients afford drug

Maker of $32,000 lead poisoning antidote pledges to create assistance program to help uninsured patients afford drug
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Maker of $32,000 lead poisoning antidote pledges to create assistance program to help uninsured patients afford drug

Rising Pharmaceuticals, the maker of a crucial drug for the most severe cases of lead poisoning, said it plans to start an assistance program to help uninsured and underinsured patients afford the medicine, which costs more than $32,000 per course.

Maker of $32,000 lead poisoning antidote pledges to create assistance program to help uninsured patients afford drug

Rising Pharmaceuticals, the maker of a crucial drug for the most severe cases of lead poisoning, said it plans to start an assistance program to help uninsured and underinsured patients afford the medicine, which costs more than $32,000 per course.

Cost of lead poisoning drug jumps from $3,500 to $32,000, making it hard for hospitals to stock

In August, the US Food and Drug Administration greenlit a new maker of an old drug used for the most severe cases of lead poisoning, ending a shortage and stopping the need for importation of the medicine from France. The only problem: The new version costs almost 10 times as much as the imported version, about $32,000 per course of treatment.

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