How one drug got its $500,000 price tag. (With 99 Percent Invisible– Season One, episode 3)
The answer involves a suburban housewife, a 1970s TV star, and a Las Vegas maker of popcorn and nacho cheese sauce. Also: Wall Street.
Produced with our friends at 99 Percent Invisible.
Many thanks to Abbey Meyers, Joshua Schein, and Nora Guthrie.
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