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It doesn’t matter if new drugs are ridiculously expensive

Old Drugs are cheap, and they save more lives

Drew Smith, PhD
Published in
4 min readSep 7, 2019

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The prevailing narrative on drug prices, especially in the US, is that they are creating a public health crisis due to their unaffordability. It’s a story that’s almost too easy for journalists and politicians to exploit — villainous drug companies vs desperate patients unable to afford…

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