University of California Press

Berkeley and Los Angeles, California

University of California Press, Ltd.

London, England

© 2004 by the Regents of the University of California

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Goozner, Merrill, 1950–.

The $800 million pill : the truth behind the cost of new drugs / Merrill Goozner.

p.  cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-520-23945-8 (cloth)

1. Prescription pricing. 2. Drugs—Prices.

3. Pharmaceutical industry. 4. Consumer education.

I. Title: Eight hundred million dollar pill. II. Title.

RS100.G668  2004

338.4'3'61510973—dc22

2003063422

Manufactured in the United States of America

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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper).