pharma Barons making money off your preemie - the bastards!

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081216/ap_on_go_ot/ftc_lawsuit_baby_medication



Regulators allege illegal monopoly for baby meds


Federal regulators alleged Tuesday that an Illinois-based company bought the only two medicines approved to treat premature babies born with a potentially life-threatening congenital heart defect, and then increased prices nearly 1,300 percent.

The Federal Trade Commission said in a civil lawsuit that Ovation Pharmaceuticals Inc., illegally maintained a monopoly in drug treatments for the heart defect. The commission seeks to prevent Ovation from maintaining simultaneous interest in the two drugs — NeoProfen and Indocin. Also, it seeks forfeiture of all unlawfully obtained profits.
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bastards