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With a patent on a formulation and delivery method. Most patented drugs sell at huge multiples of production cost.
by gohrt 10y ago
With a patent on a formulation and delivery method. Most patented drugs sell at huge multiples of production cost.
- tomp 10y agoI doubt this would work very well in this case, given that it's supposed to be a once-in-10-years procedure... Most pharma companies are increasingly focusing in drugs for long-term management of chronic conditions (e.g. cancer) - keep people alive and consuming your highly expensive drug covered by their insurance is incredibly lucrative.
- smallnamespace 10y agoThey can't patent it very easily if someone else invented it. Otherwise you'd see people trying to patent 'formulations' of their competitors' drugs all the time. Even if they could patent a formulation, someone else can always jump in with a slightly different formulation at half the price.