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Originally Posted by Kizzy

Yes I gathered that but they didn't develop or patent the drug so why the hike?

i don't know the specific details, but I would imagine the original inventors have sold the patent on to the next company for a fee to get a more immediate cash flow in. The patent runs for a number of years and the new company will have hiked the price to recoup that fee and make a tidy profit for itself for the remaining duration of the patent.