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CLASSIFIED Friday 23 October 2015
DOCTOR DOCTORDrug compounder offers cheap versOioNn oDfUcToYstly Turing drug
tin Shkreli, hOeraadnojef sTutraindg individual patient, some-
Pharmaceuticals, scorned times because the mass-
ON DUTY
Oranjestad
last month foDr br.uAyilnggerrigahts produced version is in short Dr. Algera
to and then Tinecl.re5a8s8in-9g6b6y0 supply or completely un- Tel. 588-9660
EMERGENCIAmore than 5,000 percent available and sometimes EMERGENCIA
to allow for customized
the price of Daraprim, a formulations or dosages. 911
Compounders don’t need
91162-year old drug with no Food and Drug Administra-
competition. The startup
drugmaker paid Impax
Laboratories $55 million tion approval to do that,
inPAOuLIgCuEst for righ1ts00to Da- unlike drugmakers making POLICE 100
raprim, which treats a rare huge batches of drugs on
This photo shows a technician inside Imprimis Pharmaceuticals pstotarNSOSxikTAroORaAeNAp.OssNiClNtaRiJRcDIpEsCUmSrOZeTiAnoLgADfsneiSsacntthitoa5555nt2822w4777moc----2533maa1209l0040ielne0000nldy, complex production lines. ORANJESTAD 527-3140
in Irvine, Calif. Imprimis Pharmaceuticals Inc., which mixes ap- caPOncLIeCrE pTIaPLtIiNeEnts a1n11d41AIDS Baum said Imprimis will pro- NOORD 527-3200
proved drug ingredients to fill individual patient prescriptions, paFItRieEnDtEsP.T. Imprimi1s,15which duce its pyrimethamine/ STA. CRUZ 527-2900
said Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, it will supply capsules containing pproFDHimIuEORNnEaSdTPDrAiIelETyLAPdCTL.LIdNmrIuCagkses555t882o727---c491tr180oe050ma008 t- leucovorin capsules, us- SAN NICOLAS 584-5000
Daraprim’s active ingredients, pyrimethamine and leucovorin, caAtMaBrUaLcAtNs CaEnd u5ro82lo-1g2ic34al ing bulk ingredients from POLICE TIPLINE 11141
for $99 for a 100-capsule bottle. coCnEdNiTtRioOnMs,EDwICillOw5o2r3k-8w83it3h manufacturing plants ap-
proved by the FDA, at FIRE DEPT. 115
(Joel Morillo of Passage Productions via AP) health insurers and pre- its own facilities in Allen,
Texas; Folcroft, Pennsylva- FIRE DEPT. 582-1108
nia; Irvine, California, and HOSPITAL
527-4000
DENTAL CLINIC 587-9850
AMBULANCE
582-1234
CENTRO MEDICO 523-8833
AP Business Writer that Turing, Valeant Phar- secrsripinPtioeHnacAbhResnMtaetfiAet Ctmo Yamnaakge- Randolph, New Jersey. PHARMACY
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Step- maceuticals International Turing’s Shkreli, under fire
ping into the furor over Inc. and other drugmak- its nOerawnjecstaadp: Esaugllee Tsela: 5n8d7-9o0t1h1er from all sides, said late last Oranjestad: Eagle Tel: 587-9011
eye-popping price spikes ers have bought rights to month that he would low-
for old generic medicines, old, cheap medicines that comSanpNoicoulans:dSaendLucas Tel:g58e4-n5e11r9ic er the price of Daraprim, San Nicolas: San Lucas Tel: 584-5119
medicines widely avail-
a maker of compounded are the only treatment for abINleFO, RBMaAuTmIONsaid1.18“We’re but hasn’t so far. A Turing INFORMATION 118
drugs will begin selling $1 serious diseases and then gtoeTTPAAgRaOXXorIIe-FDT.adAT.sTAS.sSXuo.Ipo.nWaset’555hre888e778o---r520er903da300ed500rys spokesman didn’t respond TAXI-TAS 587-5900
doses of Daraprim, whose hiked prices severalfold coSEmRVeICiEn,A”RUhBeA sa5id8.3-C32o3m2 - to a request for comment PROF. TAXI 588-0035
price recently was jacked has angered patients. It’s pounded drugs are typi- Thursday but recently not- TAXI D.T.S. 587-2300
up to $750 per pill by Tur- triggered government in- ed the company is cap- SERVICE ARUBA 583-3232
ing Pharmaceuticals. San vestigations, politicians’ CRUISESHIPcally made to fill a doc- ping patient copayments
proposals to fight “price at $10.
Diego-based Imprimis gouging,” heavy media tor’s prescription for an CRUISESHIP
Pharmaceuticals Inc.,
which mixes approved scrutiny and a big slump in October 26 October 26
drug ingredients to fill in- biotech stock prices. At the Carnival Sunshine Carnival Sunshine
dividual patient prescrip- eye of the storm is former
tions, said Thursday it will hedge fund manager Mar- Aruba Aiport 524-2424 Aruba Aiport 524-2424
supply capsules contain- American Airline 582-2700 American Airline 582-2700
Avianca 588-0059 Avianca 588-0059
ing Daraprim’s active in- Aruba Airlines Aruba Airlines 583-8300
Jet Blue Classifieds583-8300 Jet Blue 588-2244
gredients, pyrimethamine Surinam Surinam 582-7896
Tiara Air 588-2244 Tiara Air 588-4272
and leucovorin, for $99 for Venezolana 582-7896 Venezolana 583-7674
588-4272
Classifiedsa 100-capsule bottle, via 583-7674
its site: www.imprimiscares.
com. The 3 1/2-year-old Aruba Foundation
drug compounding firm For those Visually IncapasitatedTIMESHARE FOR SALE Aruba Foundation
also plans to start mak- TIMESHARE FOR SALE For those Visually Incapasitated
ing inexpensive versions of
other generic drugs whose RENAISSANCE Tel: 582-5051 RENAISSANCE Tel: 582-5051
Week room price Week room price
prices have skyrocketed, wk 36 room 130 $2,250 FUNDACION wk 36 room 130 $2,250 FUNDACION
Chief Executive Mark Baum wk 37 room 332 $2,750 Anti-Droga wk 37 room 332 $2,750 Anti-Droga
told The Associated Press. wk 38 room 529 $4,750 Aruba wk 38 room 529 $4,750 Aruba
“We are looking at all of wk 40 room 336 $3,750 wk 40 room 336 $3,750
these cases where the wk 40 room 105 $5,000 (FADA) Tel: 583-2999 wk 40 room 105 $5,000 (FADA) Tel: 583-2999
sole-source generic com- wk 42 room 103 $3,250 wk 42 room 103 $3,250
panies are jacking the wk 42 room 338 $4,000 FUNDACION wk 42 room 338 $4,000 FUNDACION
price way up,” Baum said wk 43 room 329 $3,250 Respetami wk 43 room 329 $3,250 Respetami
in an interview. “There’ll wk 49 room 144 $5,500 wk 49 room 144 $5,500
be many more of these” wk 48 or 49 room 119 $4,750 Tel: 582-4433 wk 48 or 49 room 119 $4,750 Tel: 582-4433
compounded drugs com- wk 48 or 49 room 551 $5,500 wk 48 or 49 room 551 $5,500
ing in the near future. The wk 49 or 50 room 203 $5,500 Centro Diabetic Arubano wk 49 or 50 room 203 $5,500 Centro Diabetic Arubano
high price of prescription Cwokn2ta1cot rB2ri2anroComell:354973$-042,00000 Cwokn2ta1cot rB2ri2anroComell:354973$-042,00000
medicines in the U.S. — vr.realty@mac.com Tel: 524-8888 vr.realty@mac.com Tel: 524-8888
from drugs for cancer and _______________________2_0_36_6_7_ _______________________2_0_36_6_7_
rare diseases that cost hun- Narcotics Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous
dreds of thousands of dol- GOLD COAST PROPERTY GOLD COAST PROPERTY
lars a year down to once- For Sale Tel: 583-8989 For Sale Tel: 583-8989
cheap generic drugs now 2 bedrooms Townhouse 2 bedrooms Townhouse
costing many times their 3 bathrooms, dinning room, QUOTA Club 3 bathrooms, dinning room, QUOTA Club
old price — has become patio, security 24/7, pools, and patio, security 24/7, pools, and
a hot issue in the 2016 tennis court Tel: 525-2672 tennis court Tel: 525-2672
presidential race. News For info call 594-1496 203699 For info call 594-1496 203699
Women in Difficulties Women in Difficulties
Foundation Foundation
Tel: 583-5400 Tel: 583-5400
Bloodbank Aruba Bloodbank Aruba
Tel: 587-0002 Tel: 587-0002
