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> It's cheaper elsewhere because those countries have set maximum prices No, human insulin (or its analogues / biosimilars) is a medicine which should be cheap
by logifail 4y ago
> It's cheaper elsewhere because those countries have set maximum prices
No, human insulin (or its analogues / biosimilars) is a medicine which should be cheap to produce and therefore inexpensive to purchase.[0] It's cheaper elsewhere because the there's something approximating a free market in operation.
The real issue isn't price controls, it's about $bigPharma and their lobbyists getting the FDA to help protect their profitability.
[0] https://gh.bmj.com/content/3/5/e000850 https://gh.bmj.com/content/3/5/e000850