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Solving the $100,000 Cancer Drug Problem

Harvard Business Review

These researchers opined that high prices are preventing patients from being treated, and they questioned the ethics of pharmaceutical companies. for instance, even insured patients pay an average of 20% of drug prices out-of-pocket, meaning these drugs can cost a patient $20,000 a year.

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Why Tesco’s Strengths Are No Longer Good Enough

Harvard Business Review

Hard discounters aim for twice the volume with the same fixed costs so they can make the same returns at half the gross margin. Ethics Global business Retail' The company plans to double the number of outlets in the UK to 1,000 by 2022, and it won’t stop there if Aldi Germany is any indication.

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