Why your asthma inhaler is so expensive (in the US)

A little under 10% of the US population suffers from asthma . The good news is we have highly effective treatments. The bad news is that despite these treatments being decades old, they're shockingly expensive in the US as the result of a really bad interaction between the ozone hole, the patent system, the way drugs get priced, and the profit-seeking behavior of drug companies. Note: This post is…