Novum Pharma recently raised the price of Aloquin acne cream by over 3,900% in less than a year-and-a-half from $241.50 to $9,561.And Mylan CEO Heather Bresch, during a congressional hearing, defended her company’s decision to increase the price of EpiPen from $100 for a two-pack in 2009 to $608 today.
Poll Question:
Novum Pharma recently raised the price of an acne cream by over 3,900% in less than a year-and-a-half and Mylan increased price of EpiPen from $100 to $608 . Do you think pharmaceutical companies need to be subjected to price controls?
Yes
203
No
40
Not sure
18