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Ah yes exciting new drugs like insulin[1] and epinephrine[2]. I'm also certain that someone going into anaphylactic shock is extremely well positioned to make a
by AlexandrB 3y ago
Ah yes exciting new drugs like insulin[1] and epinephrine[2]. I'm also certain that someone going into anaphylactic shock is extremely well positioned to make a considered decision on whether they like the prices of new drugs like epinephrine or not.
[1] https://www.rand.org/pubs/articles/2021/the-astronomical-price-of-insulin-hurts-american-families.html https://www.rand.org/pubs/articles/2021/the-astronomical-pri...
[2] https://www.vox.com/policy/23658275/epipen-cost-price-how-much https://www.vox.com/policy/23658275/epipen-cost-price-how-mu...
- FredPret 3y agoI am of course talking about new drugs. There are lots of really great new ones. That doesn't mean there aren't shitheads taking advantage of things like insulin etc. But just because they're also being assholes with regards to insulin et al, doesn't mean that developing new drugs isn't genuinely very expensive, and that those drugs aren't genuinely very good.
- rufus_foreman 3y ago>> Ah yes exciting new drugs like insulin The older type of insulin is $35 a month. There are exciting newer types and delivery methods of insulin that are more expensive. The drug companies developed better versions because they expected it to be profitable to do so. They will develop even better versions in the future if they expect it to be profitable to do so.
- loeg 3y agoInsulin is a bad example because the old formulation is very cheap. The expensive variant is a new, better drug that was recently developed. People going into anaphylaxis aren't buying epi pens. You buy them in advance.