The drug companies charge so much because of this insane amount of money they pump into a drug before they can even sell it..... on top of that about 80% of drugs don't make it through development and the company loses all the money..... How then do we drop the price of drugs without dropping the price to develop them?
2007-01-25 06:50:19 · 3 answers · asked by slov72 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
If they didn't pass the cost on they would go out of business!! Then what would you do for new drugs?
2007-01-25 07:56:15 · update #1
Agreed. It will dry up the supply of new drugs.
2007-01-25 06:56:24 · answer #1 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A ton of money. Research and development in any field is not cheap to begin with. Add a margin of error of virtually zero to the strict testing necessary for approval and you get an even more expensive process.
2007-01-25 14:55:14 · answer #2 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Regardless; they have a moral obligation NOT to pass that cost on to the people who need the drugs to survive.
Gosh golly...Oh YES...I said "moral obligation"...AND...I'm a liberal!
2007-01-25 14:58:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋