BLOGSCAN - Make a Drug An "Orpha," Raise the Price 20x

On the Health Business Blog, David Williams posts about how Questor Pharmaceuticals got an "orphan drug" status for its formulation of ACTH (adrenocorticotrophic hormone) to treat a form of seizures that occur in early childhood. After doing so, the company will increase the price of the drug, which has been on the market a long time, 20x, that is, 2000%. Somehow methinks that this was not what the orphan drug law was meant to do.