From the Blogs: Supermarket Chain CEO Defends High Prices of Water, Salt, and Other Items as a “Moral” Requirement

In HIV and ID Observations, Dr. Paul Sax offers a satirical take on recent events in antibiotic pricing.

The president of a pharmaceutical company recently defended his decision to raise the price of nitrofurantoin, an antibiotic on WHO's list of essential medications, to more than $2,000 a bottle, by saying that “it is a moral requirement to make money when you can [and] sell the product for the highest price.” What would our response be, Dr. Sax wonders in the latest HIV and ID Observations post, if grocery stores raised the prices of essentials like water, by 400%?

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From the Blogs: Supermarket Chain CEO Defends High Prices of Water, Salt, and Other Items as a “Moral” Requirement

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