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Cost of developing new drugs may be lower than industry claims: trial

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275 points swores | 1 comments | 25 Apr 24 12:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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TehCorwiz ◴[26 Apr 24 19:35 UTC] No.40173202[source]▶
If the cost of developing the drug were relevant then every country would pay roughly the same for the same drug from the same company. They don't.
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acover ◴[26 Apr 24 19:51 UTC] No.40173434[source]▶
Why? A monopoly would want to charge more to richer customers.
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1. willcipriano ◴[26 Apr 24 20:15 UTC] No.40173721[source]▶
The poorest customers would just resell what they buy to the richest ones in a functioning market.