Confidence votes 7.4K. Junior Olympic PoolsThe City of Irvine, CA qualifies that a Jr. Olympic pool is (in English dimensions) 75' long (min.), 5' deep, with 7' wide lanes, and an extra 1.5' at the end lanes. I'm still looking for more information to back this up. A Junior Olympic Pool is 25 meters long.
The most expensive drug in the U.S. is Soliris, from Alexion (ALXN). It costs $409,500 a year, and treats a rare disorder in which the immune system destroys red blood cells at night. Many of the most expensive drugs -- such as Soliris -- treat rare diseases that only a few hundred people suffer from. Those drugs aren't the real problem. Rather, it's the drugs in the $20,000 to $100,000 range, which mainly treat cancer and multiple sclerosis. Those diseases are very common in the elderly population.
Heartburn drugs are among the most frequently prescribed medicines in the U.S. with sales exceeding $13 billion annually. In the year 2000 Prilosec was the worldâs most frequently prescribed drug with sales topping $6 billion annually. Now Nexium, âthe purple pillâ made by the same manufacturer, has taken the lead. These drugs block production of stomach acid thereby providing symptomatic relief from heartburn.