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HEATHER MURPHY, NY Times: Health
Sat, 05/11/2019 - 6:08pm

Over golf outings and at dinners, more than a dozen competitors agreed to keep prices for H.I.V., asthma and cancer drugs artificially high, 44 states allege in a new lawsuit.

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