- Science hinted that cancer patients could take less of a $148,000-a-year drug. Its maker tripled the price of a pill. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/18/science-hinted-that-cancer-patients-could-take-less-of-a-148000-a-year-drug-the-company-tripled-the-price-of-a-pill 224 comments politics