Chemistry students James Wood, Brandon Lee, and Patrick Ngo (L-R) watch Christopher Lai place a glass container into a holder as they prepare to make the compound found in an anti-parasitic medicine used to treat malaria, called Daraprim. Photos: Reuters
A group of Australian students from Sydney Grammar School drew global media attention this week after they said they had reproduced the active ingredient for a life-saving, anti-parasitic drug at the centre of a drug-price controversy involving the drug Daraprim.
The students said they had produced the drug for about US$2 (RM8.90) a dose, a fraction of the current list price of US$750 (RM3,300) per dose.
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