Drug prices are soaring into the stratosphere. Nine medicines now cost more than $200,000 per year.
When people talk about expensive drugs, they usually are referring to drugs like Lipitor for
high cholesterol ($1,500 a year), Zyprexa for
schizophrenia ($7,000 a year) or Avastin for cancer ($50,000 a year). But none of these medicines come
close to making Forbes' exclusive survey of the most expensive medicines on the planet.
