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Friday, July 1, 2011

World's Most Expensive Drugs



Drug prices are soaring into the stratosphere. Nine medicines now cost more than $200,000 per year.

When people talk about expensive drugs, they usually are referring to drugs like Lipitor for high cholesterol ($1,500 a year), Zyprexa for schizophrenia ($7,000 a year) or Avastin for cancer ($50,000 a year). But none of these medicines come close to making Forbes' exclusive survey of the most expensive medicines on the planet.