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.
analysis cost more than $100,000 per patient per year. A number of ongoing state and federal efforts are developing to address the significant challenges of high-priced drugs; and in support of these measures, this report attempts to quantify the annual per-patient expenditures for an initial sample of 150 specialty medications. Examples of some of the most expensive medications include: â¢ RAVICTI costs $793,632 per patient per year & CARBAGLU costs $585,408 per patient per year (both prevent a build-up of nitrogen in the bloodstream that can rapidly lead to coma and death);