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Hey, I meant essential drugs in India! Sorry for the confusion. Also, the term I should have used was "Life saving drugs". An example would be Sorbitrate (http
by praneshp 12y ago
Hey, I meant essential drugs in India! Sorry for the confusion.
Also, the term I should have used was "Life saving drugs". An example would be Sorbitrate (http://www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/sorbitrate http://www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/sorbitrate). Crocin is not something that falls in that category in India.
- lake99 12y agoI'm afraid I don't get your point. Isosorbide dinitride costs about US-35$-75$ [1] and IN-0.4$ [2], about 100 tablets in both cases. The patent was published in 1979, so it should have long expired by now, and would be a generic drug[3]. Whatever the German company spent on R&D would have been recovered before the patent expired. [1] http://www.goodrx.com/isosorbide-dinitrate http://www.goodrx.com/isosorbide-dinitrate [2] http://medlineindia.com/cardiovascular/isosorbide_dinitrate.htm http://medlineindia.com/cardiovascular/isosorbide_dinitrate.... [3] http://www.google.com/patents/US4156736 http://www.google.com/patents/US4156736
- praneshp 12y agoMy point is somewhat similar to yours. R+D is only one reason pushing drug prices up. But some life saving drugs are cheaper in India because the government subsidizes their cost, which doesn't happen in the US.