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> A significant portion of the cost is the drug trials. Excedrin Extra Strength and Excedrin Migraine have identical formulations, but IIRC Bayer spent $300m o
by chimeracoder 2y ago
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A significant portion of the cost is the drug trials. Excedrin Extra Strength and Excedrin Migraine have identical formulations, but IIRC Bayer spent $300m on FDA approval for migraine treatment, which is why the migraine variant continues to be more expensive.
Your analogy would only be relevant if the US government paid $300M for the FDA approval and Bayer got to pocket 100% of the markup.