The life-or-death need patients have for certain drugs is a major pricing lever used by big pharma. BTW, Bayer may also be responsible for the mysterious plague that is destoying the world honey bee population; two of their pest resistant chemical coated seed products grow crops that are saturated with pesticide within all the plant cells, including pollen and nectar. They are no better than Monsanto, in my book, which is to say I wish their CEO's and legal teams would all just spontaneously combust, for the betterment of the human race.