The rights to Daraprim were purchased in August by a new company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, which promptly increased the price from $13.50 per tablet to $750 per tablet -- a 5,000 percent jump -- the New York Times reported.
Chlorpromazine is an anti-psychotic medication in a group of drugs called phenothiazines (FEEN-oh-THYE-a-zeens). It works by changing the actions of chemicals in your brain. Chlorpromazine is used to treat psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia or manic-depression, and severe behavioral problems in children ages 1 through 12.
Chlorpromazine was discovered in 1950 and was the first antipsychotic. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system. Its introduction has been labeled as one of the great advances in the history of psychiatry. It is available as a generic medication.