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medical community really doesn't appreciate that it's here. those of us in the community of people who are treating chagas disease actively are shocked and really horrified because most of the patients that we see have no financial resources whatsoever and generally are uninsured. two essentially probably put to a halt our ability to treat this illness. >> so my understanding is that the fda did add chagas disease to a special program for neglected diseases. would that theoretically incentivize other countries to come in and maybe produce other treatments that could compete with this one? >> we are certainly hoping that that will happen. unfortunately, thus far the drugs that are in the pipeline that have been tested have not found to be as effective. right now it is the mainstay of therapy for people with chagas disease. >> keri, that is really the point. right? this is not a sense of innovation and competition increasing prices because some other company is coming in and competing with martin shkreli. this is literally a monopoly.

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