Episode 37 - Bitter Pill: The Doctor They Betrayed Full Movie
Plot of Episode 37
After losing his mother because his family couldn’t afford her medicine, Dr. Wade runs an underground clinic, selling his cancer drug to the poor for $200 a bottle and borrowing from loan sharks to cover the costs. Then his own patients turn on him, egged on by rival Tony Nova, a man Wade once saved. With backing from pharma giant Vantage, Wade clears his name and exposes Tony in court. Now his drug is FDA-approved, but it costs $5,000 a bottle. Can the patients who betrayed him afford it?
After losing his mother because his family couldn’t afford her medicine, Dr. Wade runs an underground clinic, selling his cancer drug to the poor for $200 a bottle and borrowing from loan sharks to cover the costs. Then his own patients turn on him, egged on by rival Tony Nova, a man Wade once saved. With backing from pharma giant Vantage, Wade clears his name and exposes Tony in court. Now his drug is FDA-approved, but it costs $5,000 a bottle. Can the patients who betrayed him afford it?
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