since competition drives prices down toward costs even if value is much higher Indeed. In fact, for many drugs volumes and prices are such that the market will

since competition drives prices down toward costs even if value is much higher Indeed. In fact, for many drugs volumes and prices are such that the market will support just one supplier in the market, and then funny things happen. There is exactly one supplier of benznidazole, which is one of the few things that actually work against T. cruzi. The other thing that works is nifurtimox, and that is in short supply as well.