> NZ is able to get drugs cheap because the US consumers are paying extremely high prices which cover the development costs. Any source for this? I heard quite

> NZ is able to get drugs cheap because the US consumers are paying extremely high prices which cover the development costs. Any source for this? I heard quite often that the marketing budget is more or less the same as the development cost. Further, a lot of the costs is burdened by others. Seems like you assume that there's a reason that the costs are so high or must be so high. Could be a easy "can get away with it". There's been numerous explanations that e.g. companies force more expensive medicine than needed. E.g. cheaper is available, but to get a unique medicine from the company, you also are forced to get all the expensive stuff that they have.