Cancer drug price spikes 1,400% with no generic option

1,319 views · Published 2 January 2018 · 6:09 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: CBS News · 2018 · News & Politics

Watch on YouTube

For cancer patients, the medications they take are crucial to survive. A Wall Street Journal report looks into price-gouging, specifically on the brain cancer drug lomustine. Reporter Peter Loftus joins CBSN to talk about his article and the issues this creates for patients.

More from this channel

• 3:48 First Look With Katie Couric: From D.C.

  CBS News

  907 views · 6 October 2006

• 3:08 First Look With Katie Couric: Nuclear Claims

  CBS News

  597 views · 9 October 2006

• 6:05 First Look With Katie Couric: Ahead Of The Curve

  CBS News

  966 views · 10 October 2006

• 6:44 First Look With Katie Couric: Team Effort

  CBS News

  865 views · 13 October 2006

• 3:10 First Look With Katie Couric: N. Korea & Hawaii

  CBS News

  721 views · 16 October 2006

• 2:32 First Look With Katie Couric: Healthy Seafood

  CBS News

  463 views · 17 October 2006

• 1:46 First Look With Katie Couric: Sports In America

  CBS News

  470 views · 18 October 2006

• 4:00 First Look With Katie Couric: New Foley Claims

  CBS News

  560 views · 19 October 2006