<p>When Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of a life-saving drug from $13.50 to $750 a pill, it brought the issue of drug prices to the spotlight. Today's Please Explain: Drug Prices.</p>

When Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of a life-saving drug from $13.50 to $750 a pill, it brought the issue of drug prices to the spotlight. Today's Please Explain: Drug Prices.

<p>When Turing&nbsp;Pharmaceuticals raised the&nbsp;price of a life-saving drug from $13.50 to $750 a pill,&nbsp;it brought the&nbsp;issue of drug prices to the spotlight. Today's Please Explain: Drug Prices.</p>

Why Are Life-Saving Drugs So Expensive?

In Please Explain, we set aside time every Friday afternoon to get to the bottom of one complex issue. Ever wonder how New York City's water system works? Or how the US became so polarized politically? We'll back up and review the basic facts and principles of complicated issues across a broad range of topics — history, politics, science, you name it.

Share Why Are Life-Saving Drugs So Expensive?

Sign up to save your podcasts

Why Are Life-Saving Drugs So Expensive?

Why Are Life-Saving Drugs So Expensive?

More shows like Please Explain (The Leonard Lopate Show)

Radiolab

The New Yorker Radio Hour

On the Media

The Brian Lehrer Show

Death, Sex & Money

Science Friday

Spooked

The Anthropocene Reviewed

Dolly Parton's America

Radiolab for Kids

Pfeffer on Power