Novum Pharma as of Sept. 12 was charging pharmacies a wholesale price of $7,968 for 48-gram tubes of skin gel Alcortin A, which can be used to treat eczema and certain skin infections, and the same price for 60-gram tubes of Aloquin, also used on eczema and skin infections. That price was up 128 percent since June, according to the Elsevier Clinical Solutions' Gold Standard Drug Database. Novum was selling 29-gram tubes of Novacort, also used to treat eczema and skin infections, for $5,952 wholesale as of Sept. 12 — a nearly 71 percent increase from June.