Drug Daraprim – level 1

07-12-2016 15:00

Daraprim is an anti-malarial drug. It can save lives. Its price goes up. It goes from $13.50 to $750. This shocks a lot of people.

Every drug has an active ingredient. An active ingredient is the most important ingredient. A group of student make Daraprim’s active ingredient. It is hard work, but they can do it for only $2.

They are from Australia and they are in grade ll.

Difficult words: anti-malarial (something that works against malaria – a very bad disease), ingredient (a part).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

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