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Express Scripts partners with maker of $1 Turing alternative

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St. Louis-based Express Scripts is partnering with Imprimis Pharmaceuticals, a company offering a lower cost alternative to a Turing Pharmaceuticals drug whose price has jumped dramatically this year.

Express Scripts and Imprimis Pharmaceuticals want to offer a compounded formula at $1 per capsule to treat toxoplasmosis in patients who have HIV, who are pregnant or who have weakened immune systems.

In September, Turing increased the price of Daraprim to $750 per pill from $13.50.

The alternative from Imprimis could become available to Express Scripts patients as early as this week.

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