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The Federal Trade Commission has alleged that a pharmaceutical company acted illegally in buying the only two medicines approved to treat a deadly congenital heart defect in premature babies and then raising the prices for the drugs by nearly 1,300%. Ovation Pharmaceuticals Inc. bought the drug Neo-Profen (ibuprofen lysine) in early 2006, when it already held the rights to Indocin IV (indomethacin). Both drugs are used to treat patent ductus ...

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