Drugs are expensive partly because there is not a free market. Drugs that have been off-patent for decades which have 20 generics in other countries have none o

Drugs are expensive partly because there is not a free market. Drugs that have been off-patent for decades which have 20 generics in other countries have none or only a few here. Anti-parasitics for example, that cost a few cents in Africa are $20 a pill here, for no reason at all, other than regulatory hurdles designed to ensure profit.