Word: clozaril
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...patients who need the drug most face a huge barrier: treatment costs nearly $9,000 a year. The drug is a patented product, available in the U.S. under the brand name Clozaril only from New Jersey-based Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Sandoz International of Basel, Switzerland. The company's explanation for the steep price is that clozapine occasionally causes fatal side effects, so patients must be required to have regular blood tests to make sure they are tolerating the drug. The expense of the tests pushes clozapine beyond the reach of the majority of schizophrenics, many of whom...