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It's not the tracking, it's the super long and expensive regulatory process, and the cost of researching the drugs. Remember that for every successful drug, the
by GhostVII 9y ago
It's not the tracking, it's the super long and expensive regulatory process, and the cost of researching the drugs. Remember that for every successful drug, there are probably many that the company spent lots of money working on, and didn't end up working out. Someone has to pay for those failed ones as well.
- anon946 9y agoHow does that explain that the autoinjector was $690 in 2014 but $4500 today?
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- mejin 9y agoI don't know about the autoinjector, but for a lot of medication the list price is there simply so that when the insurance company negotiates a lower price, the manufacturer will get a reasonable amount. in many cases expensive drugs can even be free if your income is low enough.
- refurb 9y agoThis is a good point as well. List price doesn't mean the price that people end up paying. Some of these products are discounted 80-90%.