Drug Goes from $13.50 a Tablet to $750, Overnight

Re:Drug Goes from $13.50 a Tablet to $750, Overnight by healthisevil on Monday September 21, 2015 @12:01PM (#10253140)

That headline is just clickbait. It is available from Indian generic manufacturers for around 2 rupees a tablet. That is about 3 cents a tablet.

India makes 80% of the generic drugs used around the world.

If US hospital administrators are paying $750 a tablet, it sounds like the Indians have not bothered to apply for sales approval in the USA due to the low profit margin.

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Re:Drug Goes from $13.50 a Tablet to $750, Overnight by ibejoeb on Monday September 21, 2015 @03:44PM (#10254674)

There is no generic approved in the US, at least. You can search ANDAs here: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/index....

There is a little more user-friendly info here: http://www.drugs.com/availability/generic-daraprim.html

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