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Surgeon, Writer, Researcher, Dilettante. https://www.ariadnelabs.org/  http://www.lifebox.org/ 

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    Atul Gawande‏Verified account @Atul_Gawande 20 Sep 2015

    Doctors protesting massive overnight increases in prices of essential drugs driven by investors buying up the rights http://nyti.ms/1MkMbUk 

    2:31 PM - 20 Sep 2015
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    27 replies 316 retweets 155 likes
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      2. David Shaywitz‏Verified account @DShaywitz 20 Sep 2015
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        @Atul_Gawande @Farzad_MD notably guys, everyone (to a person) I know in pharma equally revolted by this behavior

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Ethan Perlstein‏ @eperlste 20 Sep 2015
        Replying to @DShaywitz

        @DShaywitz @Atul_Gawande @Farzad_MD ironically it's both drug gouging and pharmascolding taken to extremes. Hate the script, not the actor

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      4. Daniel MacArthur‏ @dgmacarthur 20 Sep 2015
        Replying to @eperlste

        @eperlste @DShaywitz @Atul_Gawande @Farzad_MD I really think you can legitimately hate the actor here too.

        2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      5. Ethan Perlstein‏ @eperlste 20 Sep 2015
        Replying to @dgmacarthur

        @dgmacarthur @DShaywitz @Atul_Gawande @Farzad_MDhttp://www.forbes.com/sites/frankdavid/2015/09/20/why-pharma-companies-should-take-a-stand-on-turings-drug-pricing-and-why-they-probably-wont/ …

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      1. Luna Corbden‏ @corbden 21 Sep 2015
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        .@Atul_Gawande @Jenk3 Same thing happened w asthma inhalers couple yrs ago.Change in formula for the propellant put it back under patent. :(

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      1. Vidya J‏ @Vidyagauri 20 Sep 2015
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        @Atul_Gawande Awful to jack up price from $13.50 to $750 per tablet !

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      1. W Farr‏ @will_farr 20 Sep 2015
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        @Atul_Gawande nice people then. Perhaps they should be introduced to the Hippocratic oath, and/or humanity.

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      1. Dr Verner Wheelock‏ @VernersViews 22 Sep 2015
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        @Atul_Gawande @GavinPrestonMD Absolutely shameful that governments allow this racketeering! http://vernerwheelock.com/?p=562 

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      1. Luna Corbden‏ @corbden 21 Sep 2015
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        .@Atul_Gawande @Jenk3 My son's $12 inhaler was suddenly $90.

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      1. Matt Dubuque‏ @mjd1735 20 Sep 2015
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        @Atul_Gawande Capitalism kills.

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      1. Nik Theyyunni‏ @HeyDrNik 20 Sep 2015
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        @Atul_Gawande I think the term is "extortion"

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      1. Rick Boulay,MD‏ @journeycancer 20 Sep 2015
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        @Atul_Gawande WOW! Who would have thought that cornering the market on parasite treatment could bring a 6000% return? Ridiculous!

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      2. Perry F. Bruns‏ @boomshadow 20 Sep 2015
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        @Atul_Gawande @_terri_jones Some things should NOT be commodities. And by "some things" I especially mean "things humans need to live."

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      2. Brian Zuckerbraun‏ @zuckerbraun 20 Sep 2015
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        Not only issue of capitalism @Atul_Gawande, but as @daviesbj taught me, this prevents required comparative studies for generic development

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      1. leah #lovemyplanet‏ @Beau_fish 28 Sep 2015
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        @Atul_Gawande @HARESHGTHUMMAR capitalism at its best .i call it Cannibalism !

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      1. Vishal Saini‏ @vishalsainimd 21 Sep 2015
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        Vishal Saini Retweeted Vishal Saini

        @Atul_Gawande An earlier article in LA times on Doxycycline Pricing.https://twitter.com/vishalsainimd/status/645962848628277248 …

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        Vishal Saini @vishalsainimd
        When a drug costs 30 times what it once did - latimes http://www.latimes.com/la-fi-lazarus-20130308,0,1822991.column … via @latimes
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