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$89,000 Orphan Drug Gets a New Owner -- and Likely a New Price
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Mar. 17, 2017
"Marathon Pharmaceuticals' controversial $89,000-a-year drug ... is getting a new owner.... PTC Therapeutics announced plans ... to buy the Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug Emflaza from Marathon for $140 million in cash and stock. The drug's new price was not announced.... For years, many American patients have imported the generic version at a cost averaging from $1,000 to $1,600 annually. The cost typically was not covered by insurers."

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