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.
It 's not until you see the list of the 20 most expensive drugs in the U.S. that the reason why Medicare will become insolvent in 2024 hits home : As Medicare is banned by law from negotiating drug prices , and must accept whatever pharmaceutical companies charge , it is no wonder that companies are announcing prices in excess of $400,000 for one ...