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If there's a single effective treatment for Hep C that's a different question. This article is about an injector for naloxone. Are we really saying there's no m
by awinter-py 10y ago
If there's a single effective treatment for Hep C that's a different question. This article is about an injector for naloxone. Are we really saying there's no market for a cheaper syringe?
I hear your point that some treatments are difficult to make subject to market forces.
- georgemcbay 10y agoThere's a market for cheaper syringes, but nobody is serving it.. possibly due to what appears to be blatant and wide-scale price fixing in the pharmaceutical industry (including the generic manufacturers). https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/business/generic-drug-price-lawsuit-teva-mylan.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/business/generic-drug-pri... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/14/feds-accuse-former-generic-drug-executives-of-price-fixing/?utm_term=.8490e3810d73 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/14/feds-...
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