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In response to "We just accept that medicine costs a lot of money. It's really sad. -- nm" by con_carne

Of course, that $2 doesn't include actually making it in pill form, distributing it, and getting approvals from all of the government entities... -- nm

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) Dec 1 '16, 11:40

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As well as the years of research that go into developing a drug. They just recreated work that likely took years and hundreds of millions of - Krusty Dec 1, 11:52 4
- the drug already existed when he bought it and upped the price too. he didn't develop it. -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 11:54 3
  - Though they still had to pay for the rights to it. -- nm - Ender Dec 1, 12:18
  - True, I forgot that part. -- nm - Krusty Dec 1, 12:15
  - plus he already had a company to do the manufacturing. His gouging was purely for profit -- nm - decline Dec 1, 11:56
Because that's what was driving up the cost of the original, right... -- nm* - znufrii Dec 1, 11:43
Food is pretty cheap. Why is food so cheap and medicine so expensive? There's no reason for this. -- nm - con_carne Dec 1, 11:42 1
- Because food literally grows on trees. -- nm - Ender Dec 1, 11:45
Interestingly, just yesterday the House passed a FDA streamlining bill that should get signed. -- (link) - ML Dec 1, 11:42 2
- Hope this works. Typically when FHWA streamlines something it takes twice as long. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 1, 11:44 1
  - "To get approved you now need to dig a stream and line it with your product first. DON'T ASK WHY!!!" -- nm - Ender Dec 1, 12:04
(Or the required quality control.) -- nm - Ender Dec 1, 11:41 4
- (And my point isn't that whatever they're charging is justified, just that it's not apples to apples. It's more apples to apple pies.) -- nm - Ender Dec 1, 11:46 3
  - So, why are they charging $750 for an apple pie, when apples literally grow on trees? -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 11:52 2
    - "And my point isn't that whatever they're charging is justified" -- nm - Ender Dec 1, 11:52 1
      - Eh, I prefer blackberry pie anyway. - znufrii Dec 1, 11:55

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