The Price of a Peanut Allergy

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🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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A buzzy new drug to help treat people with a peanut allergy was recommended for approval by an FDA advisory board this week. It would be the first government-approved method intended to combat these kinds of allergic reactions. The story behind that drug helps explain how the cost of many prescription drugs ends up being so high. Guest: James Hamblin, staff writer at The Atlantic. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How do I pronounce this drug?
0:05.3	Paul, Paul Forza.
0:07.1	Well, I've never heard it said.
0:09.8	I've been saying, Paul Forza.
0:12.4	James Hamlin writes for the Atlantic.
0:14.9	It's so funny.
0:16.1	They just make this, they actually wanted to make it sound
0:18.7	high-tech, you know.
0:19.8	Paul Forza treats peanut allergy.
0:22.8	Last week, it moved one step closer to getting approved
0:25.6	by the Food and Drug Administration.
0:28.1	In fact, the FDA declared it a breakthrough therapy.
0:31.1	What is it?
0:32.0	What's inside of it?
0:33.4	It's peanut flour.
0:35.4	The peanut?
0:36.4	Peanut flour?
0:37.3	Yeah, actual peanut flour.
0:39.4	But they guarantee that it's pure peanut flour.
0:42.4	The thing is, this drug being made out of something
0:46.4	you could find in your grocery store,
0:48.6	it's not the craziest thing about it.
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