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Gilead's $2,340 price for coronavirus drug draws criticism

by AP Chief Medical Writer
| June 29, 2020 6:03 AM

The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other developed countries.

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