Comment by dalyons
16 days ago
they could lower the price, destroy these compounders via competition, and still be some of the most profitable companies on the planet.
16 days ago
they could lower the price, destroy these compounders via competition, and still be some of the most profitable companies on the planet.
As stated elsewhere, the competition in pharmaceuticals does not live (nor should it) in cost of production. It's in R&D. So no, pharma companies cannot systematically dump billions of dollars into developing new medical breakthroughs and then race to the bottom on production efficiency with unregulated pill mills from every backwater on the planet with an Internet connection and a parcel service.
At least, not if you want science to move forward in your lifetime. As a person who has used, currently uses, and will in the future use medicines, I really prefer that we don't eliminate the financial viability of efforts to continue making better ones.