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A doctor's fix for America's ailing medication market

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With more than 60% of Americans taking a prescription drug, there are increasing questions about how these medicines are approved, how they're kept safe and how they’re priced.

In a new book, Harvard’s Dr. Jerry Avorn argues the drugs we take have been compromised by profits.

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