(02-05-2019, 10:23 PM)lastonealive Wrote:

(02-05-2019, 06:00 PM)B2hibry Wrote: Is it because they just tack on the cost everywhere else? That and the population is about the size of Texas. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...ts-up.html

Oh dear Daily mail? 

Yes things cost more in richer countries. 

Though a lot of the world would think 1.60 for fuel with the purchasing power of Aussie's was a bargain

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(02-05-2019, 06:11 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Ummmm, do any of you guys know how much it costs to bring a drug to market? It's more than a few bucks a dose.

Well thanks for your willingness to pay through the nose so we can get it cheaper here.

Keep voting against your own interests please

(02-05-2019, 09:43 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(02-05-2019, 09:01 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Newer and different innovations in insulin. Profit has been flat for 20 years.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk...471f77f471

If the old still works then why do patients demand it? Because most insured patients dont pay for it, ie there's little price pain for most users.

we can't know for sure exactly what profit they make from selling that specific drug.
The point is that the price should be going down as the technology gets older and more of the initial investment and development is paid off.
But that's not how it actually works, because these firms don't actually compete with each other, and we can't actually walk away from them.