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Albendazole was developed in 1975. The R&D cost has been recouped ages ago.
by gizmo 9y ago
Albendazole was developed in 1975. The R&D cost has been recouped ages ago.
- gaius 9y agoPresumably there is other R&D to be done on other drugs? Or is the company making $399.96 profit on every pill?
- gizmo 9y agoThe company typically outsources the actual manufacturing of the pill, as well as the packaging and shipping. Those are real costs. The largest expenses are marketing and sales. Doctors won't prescribe drugs they don't know exist, so "educating" doctors about the benefits of a drug is a paramount. Contracts have to be negotiated with all insurance companies, and that's expensive too. How profitable the business of generics actually is, we don't know for sure. The pharmaceutical industry is notoriously vague about how much profit they make, and the numbers they report are questionable. For instance they'll call market research into which drug to buy next "R&D".